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Wednesday, February 21, 2007 |
Brandon Wood Moves To Third
Brandon Wood has moved to third base according to Doug Padilla at Inside MLB. "Manager Mike Scioscia did say that Wood's days at shortstop have not ended just that they are making Wood more versatile to give him an additional path to the major leagues." Must've been fun for Dallas McPherson to overhear that, now that he's also in camp...
Update: Also via the Times:
"This is really for our benefit and Brandon's benefit," Manager Mike Scioscia said. "If it works out and he can play third, to have that kind of bat coming up and having a position for him could help us.Update 2: More from the Chronicler. And I have to admit that I was remiss not to mention a tip of the Angels cap to newfoundnoise82 for bringing the story to my attention in the first place."We're not giving up on him as a shortstop, and I think that's important; we're very comfortable with his ability there. But right now, as you get up that funnel and get to the big leagues, a lot of times you have to become versatile to get to where you want to be. It's something we're going to look at."
Labels: angels, minors, spring training
Comments:
Oh please. Unless he has learned to move to his right, this is never going to happen. His range was just not that great at shortstop at Double A so third base for him seems very unlikely.
# posted by 
: 2/21/2007 02:09:00 PM
: 2/21/2007 02:09:00 PM
Why not just wait until a mid-season callup to throw him into a position he has never played before, ala Howie at 1B in '06
# posted by : 2/21/2007 03:09:00 PM
: 2/21/2007 03:09:00 PM
double-checking the layout of a baeball diamond, moving to his right seems much more important as a SS than at 3B.
thanks for the nod but i did nothing as far as reporting, i just simply relayed the word from the article which relayed it from on high.
i wish i had angels connections, but as of now the most connection i have is a signed tim salmon jersey and tickets to my 3rd spring training in a row.
i wish i had angels connections, but as of now the most connection i have is a signed tim salmon jersey and tickets to my 3rd spring training in a row.
For me, it's a matter of maturing as a hitter. Most of my strikeouts have come from not swinging at strikes. I've put myself in too many 0-2 counts. That puts me in a bad position. It's a matter of recognizing bad pitches early and not swinging at them.
Is he saying that his strikeouts result from not swinging at pitches in the strike zone, or from swinging at pitches that aren't? Not that it makes much of a difference.
Is he saying that his strikeouts result from not swinging at pitches in the strike zone, or from swinging at pitches that aren't? Not that it makes much of a difference.
# posted by : 2/21/2007 10:19:00 PM
: 2/21/2007 10:19:00 PM
I think he's saying he's getting called out looking. I checked the gamelogs for last year, and they're inconclusive; the MILB data says he struck out swinging for all his strikeouts, but there isn't one case for any player where it says "struck out looking" or just "struck out", so I tend to believe that, as with pitch counts at all levels beside AAA, that is unreliable data.
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