Nationals' James Wood: Homers, drives in four in win
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Wood went 3-for-5 with a home run and four RBI in Saturday's 12-11 win over the Rockies.
Wood gave the Nationals a 7-2 lead with a three-run blast that traveled 426 feet in the fourth inning and added an RBI single in the seventh. Over his past 10 games, the 22-year-old has gone deep five times with two three-hit efforts. He's slashing an impressive .253/.356/.573 with seven home runs, 17 RBI, 13 runs scored and three steals across 87 plate appearances so far in 2025.
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Nationals' James Wood: Smacks homer in Friday's win
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Wood went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Friday's 7-4 win over Miami.
Wood extended the Nationals' lead to two runs in the ninth inning when he took Luarbert Arias deep to left-center field for a 400-foot solo homer. Wood has belted four home runs over his last four games and 10 RBI over his last six outings.
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Nationals' James Wood: Rips two homers
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Wood went 3-for-4 with two home runs, five RBI and a walk in Tuesday's win over the Dodgers.
Wood got started early with a two-run shot in the first inning. He drew a bases-loaded walk in the second before bashing another two-run shot in the fourth. He's up to four home runs this season, including three over his last two games. Wood is slashing .275/.356/.625 with six extra-base hits and 10 RBI through 11 games.
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Nationals' James Wood: Homer and steal in win
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Wood went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run, a steal and a walk in Monday's win over the Dodgers.
For the second time in his career, the 22-year-old collected a homer and a steal in the same game, the first coming Aug. 6, 2024. Wood launched a majestic 395-foot long ball to center in the seventh inning to push Washington's lead to 5-2. Through 40 plate appearances, the Nationals outfielder sports a .222/.300/.444 slash line that is hindered by a 37.5 percent strikeout rate.
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Nationals' James Wood: Belts first 2025 homer
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Wood went 2-for-3 with a walk and a solo home run in Monday's loss to the Blue Jays.
The 22-year-old went back-to-back with CJ Abrams in the sixth inning to account for the Nationals' only runs of the night. The blast was the first of the season for Wood, who had struck out seven times in 13 plate appearances during his first three games of 2025. Growing pains are to be expected for Wood, but big things are expected from him after he produced nine homers, 14 steals and a .781 OPS in 79 big-league games last year.
Nationals' James Wood: Continues spring power display
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Wood went 2-for-3 with a double, a two-run home run and a second run scored in Sunday's Grapefruit league game against the Rays.
The 22-year-old outfielder wasted no time in making an impact, taking Connor Seabold deep in the first inning. Wood has been raking this spring, batting .379 (11-for-29) with four doubles and four homers with a 4:9 BB:K. After slashing .264/.354/.427 in 79 games during his big-league debut last year, Wood could be poised to take a big step forward in 2025.
Wood went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Wednesday's Grapefruit League game against the Marlins.
Seeing his first action of the spring in left field after serving as the DH in his first two appearances while dealing with a quad issue, Wood belted a Valente Bellozo pitch out to left-center field in the fourth inning. It was the first homer of the spring for the 22-year-old, and the Nationals are expecting big things from the 2021 second-round pick after he slashed .264/.354/.427 over 79 regular-season games in his MLB debut last year with nine home runs and 14 steals.
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Nationals' James Wood: First spring start in left field
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Wood (quad) is starting in left field and batting second in Wednesday's Grapefruit League contest versus the Marlins, Bobby Blanco of MASNSports.com reports.
It's Wood's first start this spring in left field. His other two games were at designated hitter as he dealt with tendinitis in his quad. The talented young outfielder is 2-for-6 with a 1:1 K:BB so far during Grapefruit League play.
Nationals' James Wood: Getting another start at DH
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Wood (quadricep) will serve as the Nationals' designated hitter and No. 4 batter in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Astros.
The Nationals' initial lineup featured Josh Bell at DH, but that was apparently a clerical error. Wood will end up starting, as expected, after he made his spring debut Friday before getting Saturday off. Wood has been slowed during spring training due to left quad tendinitis, but he was cleared to participate in defensive drills during the past week and should soon resume making starts in the outfield.
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