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Cantu is posting league-average numbers, 1.5 or 1.8 "WAR" for the minimum,* which would have the Fangraphs crowd pitching him as more valuable than Johann Santana.
Neither I nor Jack Zduriencik have nearly that kind of enthusiasm for a guy who posts 1.0 to 1.9 WAR at a cheap salary, because there are always four guys in line ready to do the same thing... yes, we know about the 2010 M's offense; that's a special case...
That said, the point is that Matt Mangini could very well get 2500 AB's in the major leagues, and he (along with Carp) is one of the few guys ready to do so inmediatemente... so, he's a factor when the games start in a week or two...