And, yeah, there are other people out there who disagree with Law. Like, all of them. The BA guys and Kevin Goldstein, who get their info directly from scouts, share my opinion. Law is the only one of the prospect hounds I know of who sees Hanson as a true SS. I specifically mentioned Law to provide a more encouraging view of Hanson, since I’d love to see him stay at short.

I know it is fun and hip to pile on the Pirates regarding their slow start hitting-wise, but, if you look around the majors, its a pretty common problem thus far – teams simply aren’t hitting real well.  

I understand this is a ‘Prospects Trends’ feature, but I think it would be much more credible if we stayed closer to reporting of the actual numbers than projecting demise and gloom on nearly every position at the Major League level.

And, last thing: While there are those ‘prospectors’ that have doubts about Hanson’s arm strength to stick at SS, I think I’ll take the word of Law (who does this for a living) as opposed to you (who has seen him, what, maybe a couple times?) regarding his long-term projections.  Giving up on a dude w/ plus range and athleticism while he is still at low-A is common among some ‘Pirate bloggers’, but most reasonable people would admit they lack enough information (not to mention expertise) to do so or juxtapose their uninformed opinion w/ Keith Law’s informed opinion.