I don't know what to think about Peguero. The book on him coming out of the minors was that he could hit the FB but was completely overmatched by good breaking stuff. So teams have been throwing him a lot of bendy pitches...and he's been striking out, yes, but he's also been hitting some of them out of the park. If they adjust and start throwing more fastballs, it might be playing right into his strength. If teams want to go up and in on him, the starter better have good command, 'cause he might hit one OUT of Safeco if he gets a FB up and it catches too much plate.
I still think he's likely to flame out but...wouldn't it be wild if the M's could cobble together a LF platoon with Peguero and Halman? Lots of K's and a .sub 230 BA...but you might be able to get 35 HR's as well. Heck, it's a lot better than the empty .230 they've been getting from the Langerhans kind of guys.
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