A walk is exactly that: Not putting a ball in play.
The point that I'm making is that by putting the ball in play more often, you might get more hits but the walks are going to plummet as a result. Baseball is hard. Get on base any way you can. It is a rare player that has a low k rate and a high OBP. The deeper you work into counts, the higher the strikeout risk.
I can live with the ks if it means my lineup is making fewer outs overall.