No ifs, ands, or buts about it.

But that won’t happen.

There were quotes earlier about him having to take control over his career and I think you’ll see that here. Aybar is a defensive gem who still has some offensive upside. You dont just put that on the bench and stunt when he’s already shown he can play in the bigs.

Wood’s power upside is enormous obviously but if he hits .150 in spring again, can you really blame the Angels for not handing him a job? Ya, he needs AB’s to develop but the Abreu signing signals they still want to win in 2009. Between Morales figuring himself out and Mathis playing every once in a while, Aybar is probably a safer bet until someone gets hurt.

Put your money where your mouth is.

Also, at least one left-handed SP who doesn’t strike people out. Seeing as how Chone Figgins ain’t the future, and Brandon Wood very well might be, I’d trade Figgins, give Wood a bunch of rope at 3B (in a lineup that will score some runs), and see if Aybar can hit enough to justify his glove? Remember, even if they’re inconsistent at the plate, they’ll combine to provide terrific D (as young shortstops tend to do) on the left side of the infield. Plus, with Figgins gone, you have home run power at 7 lineup spots, great doubles power at the 8th, and then Aybar. That lineup would probably hit more home runs than any Angel team in a while.

and he hit the shit out of the ball in the DWL just like Kendry. Wood should play 3B and get rid of Figgy. Aybar/Izturis can take over the Leadoff role with no problem.

it makes the most sense. If Wood really wants to play, hes gotta show it.

teams look at us and other fans look at our team and GM’s etc all look at the Angels and say, “I wish I had three eligible players at each infield position to start.” “Damnit, I don’t even have one guy who can start for any other team!” So this is a good thing, but needs to be resolved before the start of spring training. I think the infield needs to know who is playing so they can start getting use to each other get the feel for everything. Let’s do it now!

oh well. REC away.

Id much rather Wood concentrate on his offense at the less challenging 3B and just let Aybar do his thing with the glove at SS (top 3 in the league defensively BTW). Not sure how Figgy works into this however…