Accident or Conspiracy?

Brandon Wood, all of a sudden has a .000 batting average. I would have thought it an accident except that his name and numbers no longer exist on the team's Spring Training Stats Page.

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uh oh

i wonder if this means that he is a goner… perhaps traded…

…or that the MLB.com updater guy is taking a long bathroom break…

by Rev Halofan on Mar 20, 2009 10:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

this is pretty fishy

he’s also not on the depth chart

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by princeton11loveshalos on Mar 20, 2009 10:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

oh wait yes he is

he’s on the depth chart but not the active roster

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by princeton11loveshalos on Mar 20, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh what in the hell is goin on round here?????????????????

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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 20, 2009 10:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

umm... what?!

i seriously doubt a trade would be broken like this, but this is really weird.

Kotch would've had that.

by howiestheman on Mar 20, 2009 11:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

HOW WE FOUND OUT ABOUT ABREU SIGNING

Nick Green hit the waiver wire WAY before the deal was announced.

by Rev Halofan on Mar 21, 2009 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

please.

please tell me its not so…

by TheAngelsAngels on Mar 21, 2009 12:19 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

great.

I had better not wake up tomorrow morning to see Wood in a Yankees uniform.

by neochoa on Mar 21, 2009 12:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

oh my god...........

I might sob

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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 21, 2009 12:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah but if he was in a yankees uniform then who would that mean we recieved?

by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Mar 21, 2009 12:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't that some dude who updates the roster on the internet

has the inside scoop before the media.

by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Mar 21, 2009 12:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I just searched for him in the search engine and nothing came up.

Brandon Wood was a mirage.

by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Mar 21, 2009 12:49 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Alien abduction.....

there is a lot of that in AZ.

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by 44FAN on Mar 21, 2009 1:08 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Neither

That is simply his batting average (exaggerated) against top notch mlb pitching.

;)

Angel Pitching, Angel Defense - get past that.

by vladtheimpaler on Mar 21, 2009 1:21 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Search

When I did a search on his name, I got:

Brandon Wood —- SS

The lines are where the team name should be?

Bye Bye Ohio, hello Valencia!

by anaheimisnotla on Mar 21, 2009 2:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh

And I should add that I will be ridiculously pissed if they trade Wood. Figgins is a good leadoff guy, but this team is severely lacking in power. I think they would rue giving up on B Wood.

Bye Bye Ohio, hello Valencia!

by anaheimisnotla on Mar 21, 2009 2:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.......Wood should stay..

and Figgy should be traded.

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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 21, 2009 2:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

AAA

Is it possible he was just sent down to AAA due to no roster spot or is this a trade?

by RetaKs on Mar 21, 2009 2:15 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

wow

trading wood would be straight up stupid. figgins has one more year on his contract. and wood has an option. i mean, are they clearing the way for matt brown?

the only thing i can think of is wood for some sort of gonzalez/peavy trade. only acceptable trade in my mind.

by TheAngelsAngels on Mar 21, 2009 2:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Now that I have actually investigated this

I would have to say that Wood is gone. Probably AAA. I would agree with this. We brought him up too fast from A to AAA and he suffered. While he is doing well, send him back to AAA to keep his confidence going. Guys, please don’t rush him. We already did that and it didn’t work. We have plenty of talent to go all the way. Think of the future, not of what you expect of someone now.

If we did trade him, it would have to be for something very, very good.

Angel Pitching, Angel Defense - get past that.

by vladtheimpaler on Mar 21, 2009 2:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

As of 8 am (CDT) Saturday

Wood is no longer on the 40-man roster or MLB.com’s depth chart.

I can see a mistake with the stats, but not on the 40-man roster is huge. The Angels had better gotten something good for him!

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by WiHaloFan on Mar 21, 2009 5:56 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

still not on the 40 man roster at 8:28 MDT, this is either a mistake or he's traded, they wouldn't take him off the 40 man to send to AAA

Angels in 09!

by tanana40 on Mar 21, 2009 7:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I notice that the site's 40 man only has 38 names on it.

I wonder who the other person they aren’t showing is.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Mar 21, 2009 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Brian Fuentes

The mystery deepens.

by mattwelch on Mar 21, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was just going to post that.

Yeah, he’s the other missing Angel. I doubt there’s too many situations that Fuentes would be dealt which leads me to believe it’s just a glich with MLB.com.

I was uncool before uncool was cool.

by WiHaloFan on Mar 21, 2009 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He can't be dealt

You can’t deal a free agent in his first year, unless it’s only a one year deal. And even then I don’t think you can trade a free agent on a one year deal before June, or something like that. They can’t trade Fuentes.

by LA Seitz on Mar 21, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Must be a glitch

The would keep Fuentes

by Rev Halofan on Mar 21, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/player_locator_results.jsp

not on are team… a free agent?

by Vladd#27 on Mar 21, 2009 8:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I contacted MLB Trade Rumours

to see if they have heard anything or can dig it up.

Right now they are reporting not-so-impressive progress on the Lackey extension talks

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

by SocalAngelFaninOC on Mar 21, 2009 8:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow that really sucks...

if he is indeed gone. I think the only way I’d be happy is if they traded him say for Tim Lincecum, Albert Pujols, or Evan Longoria.

Peanuts...Get your Overpriced Peanuts!

by Angel Hawker on Mar 21, 2009 8:27 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I think it's more likely an accident.

It happened immediately after yesterday’s game when everybody else’s stats were updated. My guess would be that it’s a bug in the system.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Mar 21, 2009 8:28 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

He is listed in the stats

of yesterday’s game with one AB and a season avg of .000

by SocalAngelFaninOC on Mar 21, 2009 8:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

But the box score from 3/17 still has him listed as possessing a .378 avg.

Interesting.

Also, his player bio is still on the Angels site. Again, I think it’s most likely something wonky happened with the stats.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Mar 21, 2009 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't want to freak out prematurely but....

OH CRAP!!!! Like Rev said, this is how the Abreu story broke…

game time!

by haloforlife on Mar 21, 2009 8:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I doubt a trade happens as he's not in the MLB!

according to mlb player search

Vlad cheated me. I thought he was 12.

by vlad IS my man on Mar 21, 2009 9:34 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

and poof he was gone, like he never existed...

bwood is the new keyser soze. he was just a figment of our imagination.

by thejd on Mar 21, 2009 10:28 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

KC?

As that appears to be where players go to disappear…

Just Kidding.

The lack of Fuentes also leads me to think this is a glitch.

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Mar 21, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

do i hear the padres anyone?

wood has gone keyser soze on our ass an there is no rush to re-sign lackey. jake peavy, drive on up the 5!!

by thejd on Mar 21, 2009 10:29 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Peavy has looked like...

ass in the WBC. I want to see him produce in MLB before a trade happens. He doesn’t look like the same pitcher.

Jim Scully

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by jimmuscomp on Mar 21, 2009 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

But Dunn has performed as expected in WBC.....

Terrible in the field, Dingers galore! (19 AB / 3 HR / 9 R)

(But……we didn’t want him either ’cause he strikes out too much)

by SocalAngelFaninOC on Mar 21, 2009 11:27 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

We didn't want him

Because of that $15 Million difference between him and Abreu.

by Rev Halofan on Mar 21, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well.

The $5 million this year. Dunn will be worth every penny. He didn’t want to be in the AL – don’t think we had a real shot at him. I’d much rather have him than Abreu, but Abreu will be solid, if unspectacular.

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by jimmuscomp on Mar 21, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs