I was thinking "Man what a platoon Mike Carp and Corey Hart would be". Hart absolutely murders LHP (career .896 OPS, 1.071 OPS in 2011). He's been hurt all year this year, and would likely take a 1 year deal, but only if he got guaranteed playing time, which would not work here. Bummer. That could have been monstrous.
On the other hand, having a guy like Carp who, like Dojji said, crushes RHP, which is who you see in about 60-65% of your at bats, really would allow this team to be a bit more aggressive on the market for Abreu, since they have a guy who can perform at a high level if Abreu needs time to develop, or struggles initially.