What about Brandon Wood?

Then I say in theory it could be persuable. I think our hitting is doing an acceptable job, our starters are fantastic but we just need more help bridging from the starter to Marmol. The fact that we are still only 2 games behind with our top hitter and top pitcher out is a testament to the depth and ability of the team as a whole, minus the bullpen (which I still dont have much confidence in Gregg)

We have our best player there.

would be a much better idea than getting Mark DeRosa, especially if their relative costs are at all similar.

The difficulty is in getting the Angels to trade one of their prospects.

But we need a realistic backup at SS and 3B and Wood does both. Plus, he could surpass our current SS.

If I heard the Cubs had made this move, I would jump for joy.

So I say, go for it

However, neither option is a significant improvement over Theriot.

Wilson was discussed in a deal with Seattle today, to swap shortstops with Betancourt. Wilson’s a pretty darn good fielding SS, but he has no power at all, and has a lower AVG and OBP than Theriot.

Guzman is making $8 mil this year… and you know the Nationals are gonna want to move that. However, he just provides a little more range than Theriot, without making a significant defensive improvement. And his OBP is significantly less.

Sadly, I don’t know how we’re going to be able to improve our defense at SS right now.

Make him the everyday shortstop and I absolutely guarantee he’d hit 30-40 homers playing a full home season at Wrigley. He’s that much of a power hitter. What I can’t guarantee is most people would like his defense. Most people MIGHT, but the jury is still out on Wood as a SS. 3B, no problem.

The Angels do so many things right, but what they don’t do right is trust their system. For whatever reason, they haven’t installed Wood at SS instead of Erick Aybar or 3B instead of Chone Figgins, or even at DH full time. The Angels have a habit of developing a lot of guys in the minors, especially position players, and then they stagnate. They don’t turn them over in a trade nor do the play them. Right now, Brandon Wood, Matt Brown, Sean Rodriguez, Reggie Willits, Booby Wilson and Terry Evans are langushing in the minors or on the bench because the Angels refuse to make the most of what they have. All of those guys deserve a long term shot atproving they can play somewhere in the bigs. That’s why I think if the Angels would change, they could get Peavy in a heartbeat and not miss a thing.

Wood is ready. He has nothing left to prove in AAA. If the Cubs could find a way to get him it COULD be the trade of a decade.

Why, if he’s still considered a top prospect, the Angels aren’t using him. And when they do call him up, he rides the pine for 4 straight games, get’s like three pinch hit at-bats, and is sent back down again. I really wish the Cubs would try to make a run at the guy… Oh well…

Was finally given a real shot and has paid off thus far, but his arrival was also much later than most thought when the Angels first signed him. Maybe their theory is why have guys learn on the ML team when they are just chewing up years until free agency.

My guess is Wood would cost more than we could give at this point. Though if he can play SS it has a nice rebuilding feel to it also in case the Cubs do tank this year (still have faith though). That he’d be bumping Fontenot from the lineup and could be an inexpensive SS for a few years makes him tempting, though.

I have been following Brandon wood since he hit all those home runs in High A. But he has just not paned out. Maybe a change of scenery would do him good, Maybe he can follow Bobby Jenks pattern of leaving the Halos and getting to Chicago and tearing it up.