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G,
Point well made....
 
However the problem withkeeping a Langerhans is that you never to see your young players.  You keep a Langerhans and you trade a Carrera, who has an upside, probably.  You keep a Langerhans and you may lose a Mike Wilson, who may have an TTO-type upside.
I would much rather we look at a M. Wilson for 3 mos. than a Langerhans. Maybe, just maybe, you find a guy who helps you down the line.  If not......You look at a Halman or you trade a Mangini (or such) for a AAA CF/OF.  Or you just decide that Saunders is a 4th OF for ever. 
Looks like Guti may start the season on the DL.  Put Saunders in CF (where he should be), let Wilson be a 4th OF and RH bench bat.
Langerhans is a known quantity...you are very right.  But he does nothing very well...minus take pitches.
The easy thing to do is keep him.  The right thing in regards to evaluating future talent is to send him down, if he'll take it.  If not, then see if Gross will take the AAA assignment.  There you have your emergency/bailout CF/OF.  And in that scenario you get to see a Wilson.  I don't know if he will survive.  I do think he is the equal, at least, of a Langerhans.
 
moe