Gus Wood  
Starting Pitcher | Oakland Athletics

Pitching
He's got a really stong arm, so he can blow it by you on occasion. Wood's fastball is a tick above average, in the 90-91 MPH range on most nights. Wood also has a decent changeup. The Oakland Athletics hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. Wood is a flyball pitcher, which can get him in trouble. The problem is that he has no workable game plan against lefties, who routinely light him up.

Defense & Hitting
Wood's move to first base is average. Wood is nothing special in the field. Wood is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Wood has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2005 OAK 99 63 36 41 42 36 57 52 52 75 49 0 0 59 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 1 6 34 39 267
2006 OAK 99 63 46 37 42 36 57 52 52 76 54 0 0 64 0 0 24 0 Overhand Active 0 0 7 31 287
2007 OAK 99 63 50 40 42 36 57 52 52 76 57 0 0 68 0 0 25 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 35 302
2008 OAK 99 63 54 43 42 36 57 52 52 76 57 0 0 70 0 0 26 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 38 311
2009 OAK 99 63 57 46 42 36 57 52 52 76 59 0 0 70 0 0 27 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 43 319
2010 OAK 99 63 57 49 42 36 57 52 52 76 60 0 0 71 0 0 28 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 324
Ratings Delta         +3             +1     +1     +1 +1           +4 +5
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.