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Hannahan in the minors showed doubles power and (in 07 particularly) an excellent eye.  He hits LH and they've been willing to have him back up at short as well as the other IF spots.
Right now your likely IF starters are Lopez, Wilson, and Tui/Hall.  All RH and none likely to have a high OBP (Tui will eventually, but not likely his rookie season).
So you could bring in a generic utility IF type, or you could see if the patient, line-drive stinging lefty bat that Hannahan might have ever shows up, which, if paired with a glove that can hold its own at all the IF spots, is a nifty utility spare part, especially in light of the RH non-patient nature of Lopez, Wilson and Hall.
I totally concur that HANNAHAN HAS NOT YET SHOWN HE CAN BE THAT GUY AT THE MLB LEVEL. And there is a good chance he never will. But I don't see a ton of harm in giving him a few more looks.  1b just happens to be the easiest place to put guys at the moment with Branyan out.