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of the high quality defensive shortstops have already signed somewhere, for significantly better playing time.  The only one that I can think of (and this is probably a stretch as far as high quality goes) is Jerry Hairston, but I'd guess the fact that he hasn't signed somewhere yet indicates his asking price is a bit high.
The idea that Tuiasosopo could play an "adequate" short is pretty laughable to me.  He wasn't moved off the position because they thought he looked cuter at third base, he was awful at short.
I will admit, though, that the idea of shifting Figgins to short in the event of any kind of prolonged Jack Wilson absence, makes much more sense than using Jack Hannahan in the middle infield.  The only reason I can see not to do something like that, would be Figgins own laundry list of injuries in 2007-08, and a paranoid desire to avoid putting him somewhere as physically strenuous as shortstop.