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The fifth ingrediant that James should have included but did not was topspin vs. backspin. And yes, that does matter. Raul Ibanez is an extreme topspin hitter. He's not an extreme grounball hitter, but his LD and FB tend to have topspin...that is very different physics and comes with different expectations for HR/Fly and BABIP than someone like Russell Branyan and his deep backspin.
BTW, USSMariner had a good article on Peguero's real hitting problem - that being that in the big leagues, he's working so hard to stay back on off-speed that he is way late on fastballs and swinging through them. If he doesn't shorten the trigger on his swing so he can get to the strike zone faster...this will never go away and he'll never succeed. Period.