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Just an interesting note: Pedroia only struck out 47 times in 915 PAs at Arizona State = 5.1% !!
Also boatloads more doubles and more HR than Barbosa is likely to ever see (.152 career ISO), so he's not really a comp other than low-K and both playing in Boston.
There's not really a guy with the low-K + high-BB + speed + no power combo right now.  Reyes is closest, but he has quite a bit more power (.147 career ISO and a given for 40 or more doubles/triples).  Scutaro (.111 career ISO) has no speed.  Ichiro doesn't draw walks.
Historically, Len Dykstra is the best example I've found so far (9.5% career K rate), but he hit enough doubles to reach .134 careeer ISO and had some occasional HR pop.  Willie Wilson didn't really have a high walk rate.
So maybe just "Scutaro with speed" is the upside target for Barbosa until we find something better.