The guy who plays when Eric Chavez doesn't

As per Ken Rosenthal Nomar Garciaparra is currently choosing between Oakland and nobody, and by nobody I mean retirement. Having Nomar sure would beat the hell out of trotting Hannahan out there, but there are still of couple of issues I have with the signing.

One. It doesn’t really sound like Nomar actually wants to play. If the A’s are in the tank by June I could see the 34-year-old going the way of Todd Walker. Then again, if the A’s suck, who cares if their backup third baseman is any good.

Two. Picking up Nomar would kind of be like signing one guy who's always injured to replace another guy who's always injured. That doesn't really make any sense.

In the end, I say give Nomar a non-guaranteed deal for one million or less. If he’s healthy, awesome. If he’s not, here’s to hoping that Baisley/Dillon aren’t right handed versions of Jack Hannahan.

Speaking of right handers, what about this now completely hindsight/impossible option. On February 2nd I wrote this:

“So what do you think? Should the A’s throw 3 or 4 million at Wigginton to be a super-utilityman?

Like two days after that the Orioles did exactly what I predicted the A’s wouldn’t do: sign the 31-year-old to a two-year contract at three million per to be a lefty-masher. Three million might be a tad exepensive for a bench player, but I think there would be plenty of at-bats to be had. Suggesting Wigginton could fill in for Ellis might have been delusional, but he could backup the corners and even play right against tough lefties.

Anyways, I guess I'm just asking the same question as before, except now it includes one hypothetical answer:

Nomar
Wigginton
Baisley
Dillon
Hannahan
Other

Please explain.