Last season, Brandon Wood had 101 extra-base hits (XBH) in High A’s California League, a reputationally good hitters’ league. Amongst those 101 XBH were 43 HRs.
If one included the Arizona Fall League, Wood had 119 XBH and 57 HRs!
The questions entering this year were how he would fair against AA competition and what his production would be away from the hitter-friendly environs of the California and Arizona Fall leagues.
League AVG OBP SLG
High A .292 .371 .672
AFL .307 .375 .711
AA .292 .373 .572
As expected, his power did decrease away from the hitter-friendly leagues. However, that is only relative to the ones in hitter friendly leagues. His .572 SLG in AA ranks 3rd in the Texas League.
What I find as interesting (once the SLG is settled) is his OBP. It has not changed.
This signals that his hitting skills carried over to the higher level.
Unfortunately, so did his propensity to strikout.
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