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Wakamatsu seems to LOVE Hannahan. Why? Who knows. Of course he coached Hannahan in Oakland, right?
I can't think of a good response to you're question, but the only response I CAN think of is that the M's think it's POSSIBLE that they can fix Hanahan in some way to elevate his game significantly. Was poking around BaseballReference yesterday and I noticed that Hanahan's LD rate (25%) was by far the highest on the team, excepting very low PT players. Lopez was second at 22%, then Gutierrez and Carp at 20%. Everyone else was below 20%. Is this something the M's think they can build on? Haven't a clue...