Scratch A New Name In The Pittsburgh Pirates Shortstop Concrete

It’s official. Around lunchtime today,

Brandon Wood was claimed by the Pittsburgh Pirates. This means thirty teams have said thanks, but no thanks to the Los Angeles Angels player. A shortstop that plays first base too? Sounds like a name from last season, well if the Bucs keep whiffing at this rate, Wood should feel right at home–8K’s/14AB in 2011, 71K/243AB in 2010.

Thirty teams didn’t want to risk a bucket of balls? We kinda wish someone would have rolled the dice on him, but screw it. Sharpen the rock. What the hell. Scratch it in the wall. Serious power in the minors, along with hundreds of strikeouts. He can’t be any worse than what’s scratched on the walls already can he? (The real answer is yes. And that is hard to even fathom.)

The Pittsburgh Pirates relentless pursuit of a shortstop looks continues. It must continue, but do you really deep down think Brandon Wood is the answer? It might be an answer, but damn, taking a close look at it it seems like it’s a painful one. To me, it must mean that evaluators think Josh Rodriguez isn’t the answer.

Help us.

Please fix Ronny Cedeno. Someone. Anyone. In a city with the finest medical professionals in the world surely….ah, nevermind. I got some work today on the wall of my cell.

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	H	2B	HR	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
2007	22	LAA	AL	13	33	33	5	1	1	0	12	.152	.152	.273	.424	9
2008	23	LAA	AL	55	157	150	30	4	5	4	43	.200	.224	.327	.551	43
2009	24	LAA	AL	18	46	41	8	1	1	3	19	.195	.267	.293	.559	48
2010	25	LAA	AL	81	243	226	33	2	4	6	71	.146	.174	.208	.382	5
2011	26	LAA	AL	6	15	14	2	1	0	0	8	.143	.143	.214	.357	0
5 Seasons	173	494	464	78	9	11	13	153	.168	.197	.259	.455	22
162 Game Avg.	162	463	434	73	8	10	12	143	.168	.197	.259	.455	22

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