Jack Hannahan is another Honorable Mention for the 2007 Ken Phelps All-Star Team. The 27-year-old thirdbaseman was drafted out of the University of Minnesota in the 3rd round of the 2001 draft by the Tigers. He's in his third season at AAA in the organization.
This year he's hitting .313/.422/.493 in 201 at bats, which is very good. Last season Hannahan hit .282/.379/.412, which is decent.
But those overall stats are hiding something more interesting. Hannahan hits righthanders. He can't touch lefthanded-pitching, but he mashes the righties. Against RHP this year: .342/.449/.529 with 11 doubles, 6 home runs and 31 walks in 155 at bats. Against LHP: .217/.333/.370. The story was the same last year too. Against RHP: .312/.406/.447 with 22 doubles, 6 home runs and 47 walks in 295 at bats, but against LHP he flailed to .205/.317/.320.
Jack Hannahan is a major league hitter, as long as he's in a platoon.
Unlike most Phelps players, Hannahan's defensive reputation at 3B is excellent. From the 2005 Baseball Prospectus: "Hannahan's defense is Rolenesque according to both scouting reports and our translated numbers, so he'd have an excellent shot at winning the AL Gold Glove if promoted to the big leagues this year."
Hannahan has a top-notch glove and against righthanded-pitching he gets on-base and hits with doubles power. That's worth a lot. He could help a team like the Twins, and coincidentally is from Minnesota. Platoon him at 3B with a lefty-masher (like Scott Seabol, Bobby Scales or even Jeff Cirillo) and you might have a home-town hero in the making.
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