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We don't think we want glove men at every position...but we certainly want one in CF.  If Trayvon Robinson is the glove man that people say he is...an above average CFer with the leather...then he'll be a superstar in Safeco even while he's batting .240/.300/.450 (and if you think his odds are low of hitting THAT line...you've got another thing coming).
You continue to refer to Trayvon as "extremely high Ks"...I don't see it as extremely high anything.  His Ks are a little higher than your 22% cut in the meat of his career...23% to be exact.  At that point, a 100 OPS+ becomes 50/50...not 40/60...and if he has the glove people say he does...that makes him an ALL-STAR, taro.  And an MVP candidate in Seattle (though the league would probably not recognize that).  See: Cameron, Mike, 2003 (he ran up 30+ defensive runs saved that year by some metrics...making him a +1.5 win bat and a +3 win fielder with a +1 win position adjustment.  Say hel-LO to my little friend.
That's the thing that will help Trayvon...it's all about the glove.  We'll see how good he is defensively in short order, I'm sure.  I know I'm not buying into the low ZRs in the minors...those numbers have ZERO value in this discussion since minor league numbers have a slightly NEGATIVE correlation with major league numbers when it comes to ZR across that transition.