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Some tinkering around with Baseball-Reference.com's Player Index has come up with a few comparable players to what might be Mike Wilson's upside:  Brian Daubach, and Garrett Jones.  Both players struggled with their strikeouts in the minors before cutting them back just enough, and learning to take pitches enough to jump to the majors.  Garrett Jones is probably the better comp, as he is much closer physically (6'-4"/230) as well as demonstrating monster power throughout his minor league career while having trouble getting an above average walk rate (in that respect, Mike is already beyond Garrett, though Garrett struck out a bit less) with a little bit of speed.  Garrett is obviously just starting his career, but Brian Daubach was a fairly solid fixture in Boston's lineup for 4 years before collapsing with the White Sox in 2003.  As for Garrett, his OPS has dropped this year, but his strikeout rate has actually gotten better and his walk rate has held pretty steady so it's hard to say how long he'll last.  Garrett Jones should probably be Mike Wilson's role model as when Garret made the jump to the majors, he's mostly maintained his power numbers, while improving both his walk and strikeout rates.

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