http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/player/21723 Recent articles about Brandon Wood en-us More photos » by Chris Carlson - AP 4 months ago: Los Angeles Angels' Brandon Wood hits a two-run homer against the New York Yankees during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday, July 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) Browse more photos » Be sure to check out John Sickel's Top 20 Baltimore Oriole prospects over at Minor League Ball. He is currently working on the T... Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:00:17 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Down_on_the_Farm_Buster_Posey_to_Start_2010_in_AAA_Brandon_Wood_Finally_Takes_Over_at_3B_In_LAA/1691351 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Down_on_the_Farm_Buster_Posey_to_Start_2010_in_AAA_Brandon_Wood_Finally_Takes_Over_at_3B_In_LAA/1691351 What's the value of the 18th pick in the draft, which will be the shiny part of our two-part compensation for Chone Figgins (unless the Mariners sign another Type A free agent)? Cupla-three ways of looking at the question.The first is just observing that the Angels have only picked as high as #18 four times during the Mike Scioscia decade. Three of those four will be familiar:10 2000 Joe Torres12 2002 Joe Saunders12 2004 Jered Weaver13 2001 Casey KotchmanIf you wanna bracket that a bi... Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:56:37 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Whats_That_18_Pick_Worth/1683398 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Whats_That_18_Pick_Worth/1683398 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Whats_That_18_Pick_Worth/1683398 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/a/8abf085f96183e97d4675a1201583170821b87b6/small/MLB__JUN_f09c.jpg Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style... Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:25:33 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Meet_A_Blogger_True_Grich/1666289 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Meet_A_Blogger_True_Grich/1666289 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Meet_A_Blogger_True_Grich/1666289 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/c/8/c8f692e3e62b4dd2870dc1ca292e0331247fd5d0/small/AngelsRoyals_04a6.jpg Blogging the Offseason is a 30 team series in which I ask a blogging representative from each MLB team a series of ten questions about their desires and thoughts surrounding the offseason. Check out all of them here. Today's AL team is the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and our guest is Jim from the Angels Blog, Halos Heaven. 1. Both Lackey and Escobar are free agents this year. Will the Angels bring either back? If not whom will they target as a replacement? My fear is that they re... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:22:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Blogging_the_Offseason_Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim/1625351 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Blogging_the_Offseason_Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim/1625351 (Photo by Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images) By David Saltzer - AngelsWin.com ColumnistAybar, I’m SorryI’ll admit it: I wasn’t an Aybar fan this year. By the end of April, I was ready to throw in the towel on him. In several threads I wrote that the Angels should either trade him or bench him in favor of playing Brandon Wood.I wasn’t condemning him for missing the bunt in last year’s playoffs. While failing to make a critical play never makes for popularity, I wasn’t willing to condemn him for an ... Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:10:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Aybar_Silences_His_Critics_until_now/1346341 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Aybar_Silences_His_Critics_until_now/1346341 David Pinto passes on a Rays Index post indicating that the player to be named later may already be on the Angels 40-man roster, and speculates that it's Brandon Wood. If it's B-Wood, color me mighty upset. Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:38:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/About_That_PTBNL_In_The_Kazmir_Deal_B_Wood/1079079 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/About_That_PTBNL_In_The_Kazmir_Deal_B_Wood/1079079 Brandon Wood pushes his average back up to .300, hits HR # 22 on the seasonWood: 2-4, HR (22), double, 2 RBI, BB, K (.300) (AAA)Rodriguez: 4-5, 4 singles (.298) (AAA)Brown: 2-4, HR (11), single, 4 RBI, BB (.235) (AAA)Trumbo: 2-4, 2 singles, 2 K (.288) (AA)Smith: 2-4, 2 singles, K (.254) (AA)Bourjos: 1-4, single, K (.276) (AA)Sweeney: 1-2, HR (8), RBI, 2 BB, K (.304) (A+)Rosario: 1-3, triple, RBI (.233) (A+)Romine: 1-3, single, BB (.282) (A+)Amarista: 3-4, 2 doubles, single (.313) (A)Castillo:... Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:13:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Los_Angeles_Angels_Prospect_Report_82509/1042671 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Los_Angeles_Angels_Prospect_Report_82509/1042671 More photos » by Mark J. Terrill - AP Browse more photos » Yankees have a new owner: It's the Angels - Los Angeles TimesAngels continue their remarkable success against the mighty Yankees, scratching out a 5-4 victory to complete a three-game sweep. Scioscia targets pitching after break - OCRegister.comThe Angels' rotation was supposed to stabilize after Lackey and Ervin Santana returned from spring injuries. B... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:24:31 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/MONDAY_ANGELS_ROUNDUP_Angels_Sweep_Yanks_Division_Leaders_At_Break/798605 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/MONDAY_ANGELS_ROUNDUP_Angels_Sweep_Yanks_Division_Leaders_At_Break/798605 By Chuck Richter - Angelswin.com Executive EditorThis week, we are throwing out our first ever all-pitcher's Hot Prospect list. We're sure that some hitters like Brandon Wood might be a little up in arms about it, but, this week the talent was overwhelmingly with the pitchers. We saw some pitchers make their debuts, others bouncing back, and some who were just pitching too well to ignore. Our belief is that from top to bottom we may be seeing the best overall collection of pitchers th... Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:42:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Angelswincom_Prospect_Hotlist_June_24th/735869 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Angelswincom_Prospect_Hotlist_June_24th/735869 Brandon Wood is doing everything he can to earn that next cup of coffee, including lending a hand with the bullpen. Photo courtesy of BryanHarvey'sMustache cdn0.sbnation.com View full size photo uploaded June 8, 2009 AAA Salt Lake Bees, 32 and 25 Chris Pettit, of - .431/.431/.924 with 3 Dbls, 1 Trpl, and 1 HR in 4 games. Pettit just went on the disabled list with a broken hamate bone. Those of you who know more abou... Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:22:32 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Minor_League_Report_Brandon_Wood_walking_his_way_to_the_majors/679362 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Minor_League_Report_Brandon_Wood_walking_his_way_to_the_majors/679362 It's that time of year again when Angelswin.com releases it's Top Prospects List. This year, we've gone from a Top 20 list (2006) to a top 50, with scouting reports for the top 30. Rather than release the entire list at one time, I'm going to post the scouting reports from the bottom to the top in a 3 week series which will conclude with the top 10 list (10-1) the weekend before Christmas. Our top prospect list will include Major League Baseball player comparisons, stats... 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