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Robinson and Pegeuro both had exactly 155 PAs, and Peguero was better in pretty much every category.
I draw a distinction between guys who struggle contrary to their minor league track record (Smoak, Seager, Carp, even Ackley in Sept.) and guys who struggle in perfect harmony with their minor league track record (Robinson, Peguero, Wells, Liddi).
We saw an Olivo-Peguero offense in May and June.  It was .219/.277/.354 -- whiff whiff homer whiff.  Sometimes it works if you have awesome pitching, but it's not a recipe for success.
I, personally, don't see any reason why Wells-Robinson is different from Olivo-Peguero.
That being said, I have come to love guys like Olivo in a glove position batting 7th or 8th, because they can change the scoreboard in a way that your plain-vanilla glove guy won't.  Wells and Tray can do that for me all day long (CF and bottom of the order).   But not at a corner spot.
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Pedroia churned out doubles while maintaining an ultra-low K%.  That's why I see the Seager comp.
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Unless Impact Bat is a 3b, I would have Carp, Impact Bat and Ichiro share the corner spots and DH.  Therefore, Impact Bat can't be a pure DH (they want to/need to have Ichiro at DH every 5-6 games going forward -- cost of doing business).  So I flex Carp among DH and corner OF, depending on who is the Impact Bat.