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Drafted: '03, 1st round (23 overall)
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| 161 | ||
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| ETA in Majors | ||
| 2008 |
It's possible that Wood may never live up to his 2005 season, in which he had more than 100 extra-base hits. That doesn't mean he won't be a very productive run producer in the big leagues. He's got a career .528 slugging percentage and managed to make his Major League debut at age 22. At the same time, he made a pretty smooth transition to third base.
Wood still strikes out a lot and headed to Mexico this winter to work on pitch recognition. The real question now is where he'll play. Will it be at third for the Angels, where Chone Figgins is likely to play in '08? Could he move back to shortstop now that Orlando Cabrera is gone, though Erick Aybar appears to be the front-runner there? Or perhaps he'll end up calling another organization home.