I had Hairston figured as this one. I was thinking of him when I put in the variables in my post below.
I took him in trade for Carlos Guillen on a team where Guillen was one of three Shortstops and I had Orlando Hudson (Trad). This is a perfect illustration of how subjective trades are.
Hairston is a good platoon partner for Hudson, has some upside, and I wasn't going to get anything significant for Guillen.
If I had been sitting on a second basemen who could hit both lefties and righties with some consistency, I wouldn't have given Hairston a second look.
Something that hurts this players' value now that the name is supplied is the uncertainty of what Baltimore will do at second base now that they have Tejada.
Dave N