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WASHINGTON — James Wood was in high school when the 2019 Washington Nationals made their improbable run to a World Series championship. He followed it closely for two reasons: He was a baseball ...
James Wood is truly a baseball unicorn. Drafted in the second round of the 2021 MLB Draft, it did not take long for the ...
James Wood clubs his 2⃣nd homer of the day, 5⃣th in his last three games at Triple-A. MLB's No. 12 prospect has piled up seven roundtrippers for the @RocRedWings this season. pic.twitter.com ...
Nationals Nationals prospect James Wood set to make his long-awaited MLB debut Wood, 21, began the year at Class AAA Rochester. The 6-foot-7 outfielder is hitting .346 with a 1.036 OPS in 51 games ...
To be sure, according to Baseball Savant, Wood’s exit velocity when he lays lumber on ball is 94.8 mph, which would, if he had enough at-bats, tie Soto for fourth in the majors — behind Aaron ...
WASHINGTON – James Wood could already stand eye-to-eye with the biggest, baddest dudes in Major League Baseball. Now, he’s developing a body of work to match them on the stat sheet. At 6 feet ...
He already has 10 outs above average. But at the end of the day, I think James Wood can be the best hitter in baseball one day. That is just so valuable to me, and PCA cannot match that.
For James Wood, a 21-year-old outfielder who is a key part of the Washington Nationals’ rebuild, perfecting his craft doesn’t come easy.
James Wood doesn’t think he’s shy. Still, the No. 2 overall prospect in baseball, a baseballing unicorn who made his MLB debut on Monday for the Washington Nationals, acknowledges that he ...
*Editors Note: James Wood has not appeared in a game since May 23 due to a hamstring “tweak”. As of June 5, Wood was back practicing with Triple-A Rochester.