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Taro, I agree that most of the successes run high BABIPs from power.  My point with this kid is that he *also* has the kind of speed to nudge his BABIP up.
I think the comp to Saunders is a great one ... but brings in data on both sides of the argument.
Like Saunders, Trayvon was whiffing once per game from A ball.
Saunders, at age 22, in AAA, had a large spike in production, jumping from low to mid 800s to post a .922 AAA season.  That season is why many fell in love with him.  And, as noted, that season was (at the time), an outlier.  But ... comp his career to that season and what do the slash lines look like?
.277/.368/.444 (.811) - career
.310/.378/.544 (.922) - 2009
The thing here is that he had a 33 point spike in BA, which (when doubled), would create a 66 point spike in OPS.  What actually happened was he only gained 10 points of OBP while his ISO jumped from 170 to 230.  And ... his K-rate dropped.  He only fanned 48 times in 64 games.  Did his K-rate drop because his BA went up or vice versa?  While the .310 was a minors high, he had hit .298 in 2007 and .290 at West Tenn in 2008.  And his 2b:HR ratio while improved slightly ... only went from 22:11 to 15:13 from '08 to '09.  In truth, except for the dip in K-rate, is "feels" more like just a good year off the same template as always.
Trayvon saw his 2B:HR ratio go from 23:9 to 9:26 (or 13:26 if you slosh some 3Bs to the 2Bs column). 
Trayvon wasn't a .300 hitter in '06 or '07 or '08.  He was in '09, '10 and '11.
But, his line is all over the place:
2009: .300/.373/.493 -- 74 patience -- 193 ISO
2010: .300/.404/.438 -- 101 patience - 138 ISO
2011: .293/.375/.563 -- 82 patience - 270 ISO
The reason *I* would be intrigued by Trayvon way ahead of Saunders is because you have three different APPROACHES to hitting indicated over a 3 year period.  That tells me he is altering his approach repeatedly ... and (oddly), managing to maintain a .300 average while doing so ... DESPITE the high K-rate.  My sense is that he's using the same "approach" this year as in 2009 ... but he's harnessing a LOT more power. 
Which players manage good BABIPs from power?  Those that hit more HRs than doubles.  Saunders only came close to an equal HR/2B ratio once.  Trayvon in 2011 is showing the power domination to cover the K-rate *AND* he has already shown the kind of speed to *ALSO* mask the K-rate. 
Why have *I* been reluctant to buy into the Smoak hype?  Because in the minors, his BEST HR:2B ratio before acquisition was only 13:9.  And, even in Texas he managed only a 10:8 ratio before moving Northwest.  From day one, I've been waiting for Smoak to give an indication that he's more than 20-HR guy.  I haven't seen it.  Carp HAS given that indication.  Smoak is loved because he looks so darn GOOD while posting his 30-2B, 15-HR numbers that everyone assumes he's going to eventually swap those two numbers. 
I *love* the skepticism over the one-good-year minors slash line.  But, my sense of Trayvon is that his K-rate is probably staying a "little" high because he is adapting and tinkering and adjusting.  And the ability to adapt is what I look for in a prospect to actually continue improving after reaching the majors (rather than just taking the normal MLE discount).  I'd give him slightly better odds than Taro on succeeding ... but would certainly caution that his first touch of the Majors could look ugly. 
But, as a slugger ... I like his odds of becoming a 40-HR guy a *LOT* better than I like Smoak.  Is he Preston Wilson?  Cameron?  Andruw?  Hard to say.