Remember the Bucky phenomenom: 6yrs ago Bucky Jacobsen joined the Rainers and laid waste to the PCL: 422OBP / 661SLG. Although his strikeouts did run a little high 88K's in about 300 AB. He did counter that with 50 walks.
He joined the M's in mid July at the age of 28 and went on to show that he did leave his game in AAA. Over 160AB he hit 9 HR and 9 doubles while slugging 500, with a 275 avg.
Unfortunately for Mr. Jacobsen a knee injury he suffered in the minors cut his season short and the the failure to fully recover from the subsequent surgery ended his career.
Mike Wilson currently has a lower K rate and his OPS & SLG are very comparable to Bucky's AAA numbers back in 2004.
It would be nice for all of us if Mike could bring a little buz to the M's games the way Bucky did 6yrs ago.
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