Wily Mo, IMO, is one of those guys who 'peaked' at age 22. He aspires to be Dave Kingman ... but simply lacks the capacity to learn. He's the ultimate all-or-nothing archetype, who at age 29, has likely exhausted all the upside he'll ever have.
The Yahtzee! dream for his admirers is ... Carlos Pena, perhaps ... who put up some decent years, (but with poor BA), then exploded with MVP seasons from age 29-31. Problem here is that Pena always showed "some" EYE ability, and while his BA stayed dreadful, his patience jumped from the 70s to the 130s for his glory years.
Wily Mo has nearly 2000 MLB PAs and his eye hasn't budged (unless you think his 2011 19:0 proves it is getting worse). He hits lefties a little better than righties, so he'd be a nice fit as a platoon guy for a primary LHB that can't hit lefties ... but in the end, he's a .250/.300/.450 slugger, who probably loses 30 points of average in Safeco, making him a .220/.270/.420 bat.
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