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It does indeed seem to me that Mike Wilson has recently developed a drastically different approach at the plate.  It's as if he is stalking the pitcher and willing to take more pitches per at bat.  It could be that something just clicked for him after witnessing the way Ackley at West Tenn approaches an at bat and even to some degree the patience of Brad Nelson here at Tacome.  That being said it would be nice if he could square up a few more balls - like he did in 2009 at spring training.
But one thing Mike Wilson does have that Adam Dunn doesn't is speed.  Throughout his minor league career he has been able to put us some decent SB totals, but he may have slowed down a little in that area with the multiple pulled muscles in his legs a few years back.  As big as Mike is, I would think the M's would attempt to move him to 1st, which would free him up from chasing after balls in the outfield thereby taking some of the load/stress off his legs
It would be nice to see a few power bats finally break thru in the next couple of yrs.  Outside of Bucky Jacobsen when was the last time a power bat made any sort of splash???
You would think that Dr Marcus Elliot's exercise program would be tailored made for Mike Wilson - transfer his physical power so that it translates into more explosive rotational power. 
It would be nice to know what sort of actual performance Metrics the M's and Dr Elliot are using to determine the success of this "Rotational Mechanics" strengthening program.  Or even receive some sort of anecdotal feedback from some of these veteran minor leaguers such as Mike Wilson to see if they feel if its been beneficial.