The Great Brandon Wood Experiment…

By Blaidd Drwg

..finally appears to be over. The Angels have traded for a 3B, putting to bed one of the worst seasons I can remember for a guy who got 184 plate appearances. It was so bad that it made Griffey’s 2010 season look like Babe Ruth in his prime. In 2010, Brandon Wood posted a line of 168/185/225 (BA/OBP/SLG). Folks, that is an OPS+ of 10 (!!), lowering his career OPS+ to 26 (!!!!) in 420 plate appearances (Wood is a guy with a career 888 OPS in the minors).Wood was so bad that his OPS+ this season is the same as CC Sabathia’s and the only player with at least 150 PA that is anywhere close to Wood is Gerald Laird with an OPS+ of 41. Wood is easily the worst semi-regular in the AL this season.

I really was hoping that he would join the TTO club with Jack Cust, Mark Reynolds and Adam Dunn, I guess it just wasn’t meant to be. (If you want to know what TTO is, check back tomorrow).

Wood is still only 25, but he looks like the new poster child for a 4A player.