in a career high 99 games, hitting 7 home runs with 31 RBI's but struggled to make sufficient contact, managing just a .220 average. Later career Wood signed a minor league contract with the Colorado Rockies on November 17, 2011. He spent nearly all the season with the Rockies Triple-A affiliate Colorado Springs, hitting 10 home runs with 64 RBIs and a batting average of .259. On November 16, 2012, the Kansas City Royals confirmed they had signed Wood to a minor-league contract for the 2013 season. No financial terms of the deal were announced. Wood signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres in December 2013. He was released in March 2014. Wood then played for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, an independent baseball league. He batted .098 in 25 games, and decided to retire. Post-retirement revelations In an interview with Baseball America in April 2021, Wood chronicled his mental health struggles while playing in 2010, suggesting that near-daily panic attacks undermined his ascent to a prosperous playing career in the big leagues. “I was just so light-headed. I couldn’t really breathe—I had this feeling of pure fear,” Wood said. “I have to have success here and I don’t know how I’m going to do it.” Wood chose to suffer in silence, worried that simply admitting he needed help with his mental state would be perceived poorly by manager Mike Scioscia and negatively impact his career far more than the daily panic attacks. Managerial career Following his retirement as a player in 2015, Wood was hired to manage the Tri-City Dust Devils, the Padres affiliate in the Class A-Short Season Northwest League for the 2016 season. After one season in a Manager role, Wood retired from professional baseball and began a career in the private world. He currently owns and operates a D-BAT Baseball and Softball academy franchise in Billings, Montana, where he continues coaching baseball as a private instructor.(Facebook/Brandon Wood) Wood resides in Billings, Montana with his wife, Elly and their two young sons. References External links 1985 births Living people Baseball players from Austin, Texas Major League Baseball third basemen Major League Baseball shortstops Los Angeles Angels players Pittsburgh Pirates players Arizona League Angels players Provo Angels players Cedar Rapids Kernels players Rancho Cucamonga Quakes players Arkansas Travelers players Salt Lake Bees players Colorado Springs Sky Sox players Salt