James Wood

Bats L Throws R6'7" 234 lbBorn 2002 Rockville, USADebut 2024Team WSH2x All-StarDraft 2021 R2 #62 San Diego Padres, IMG AcademyContract 1 y/$806,900 (26) 2026: $806,900

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 128.8FIELD+ 96.8 at RFTotal 3.70 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	524	453	118	24	2	21	65	150	13	0.260	0.355	0.459	0.814	0.199	0.353	28.7	12.4	128.8	3.47
2027	559	473	124	25	2	25	80	158	15	0.262	0.371	0.480	0.851	0.218	0.367	28.2	14.3	137.3	4.30

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 22

His ten closest age-22 comparables averaged 146 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Cody Bellinger	2018	127.5	162.3	660
2	Dick Wakefield	1943	129.9	194.5	332
3	Adam Dunn	2002	129.2	116.5	469
4	Darryl Strawberry	1984	128.0	162.6	470
5	Ben Grieve	1998	128.2	119.6	558
6	Vada Pinson	1961	125.6	111.6	675
7	Rick Monday	1968	131.0	133.9	481
8	Eddie Murphy	1914	125.1	112.3	615
9	Reggie Jackson	1968	128.9	186.0	677
10	Ross Youngs	1919	141.3	164.6	671

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			559		124	25	2	25		15	80	158	0.262	0.371	0.480	0.851	137.3
2026*	WAS	114	535	100	116	26	1	30		17	90	153	0.265	0.393	0.535	0.928	156.0
2025	WSH	157	689	87	153	38	0	31	94	15	85	221	0.256	0.350	0.475	0.825	131.3
2024	WSH	79	336	43	78	13	4	9	41	14	39	97	0.264	0.354	0.427	0.781	124.4
Career		236	1025	130	231	51	4	40	135	29	124	318	0.259	0.351	0.459	0.810	129.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	535	95.1	10.0	20.8	57.6	30.7	21.7	0.275	0.585	0.419	27.2
2025	689	94.3	6.3	16.4	56.3	32.9	24.4	0.259	0.493	0.361	27.8
2024	336	92.8	2.4	10.7	52.0	29.6	21.0	0.265	0.449	0.354	28.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	WSH	OF	123	1067	231	5	3	0	0.987
2024	WSH	OF	79	698	129	4	4	1	0.971

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2024	AAA	Rochester Red Wings	Bat	231	10 HR, 10 SB	0.353	1.058
2023	AA	Harrisburg Senators	Bat	368	18 HR, 10 SB	0.248	0.826
2023	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Bat	181	8 HR, 8 SB	0.293	0.972
2022	A	Lake Elsinore Storm	Bat	236	10 HR, 15 SB	0.337	1.054
2022	A	Fredericksburg Nationals	Bat	93	2 HR, 4 SB	0.293	0.829
2022	A	nan	Bat	329	12 HR, 19 SB	0.324	0.989
2021	Rk	ACL Padres	Bat	101	3 HR, 10 SB	0.372	1.000

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.359	0.414	0.434	0.358
2025	0.353	0.363	0.344	0.375
2024	0.305	0.379	0.350	0.352

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.