James Wood
LF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 7" 234LBS | Age: 22
Draft: 2021 | Rd: 2, #62, San Diego Padres | IMG Academy
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2024 336 295 43 78 9 14 .264 .354 .427 .781
2025 284 244 38 66 16 9 .270 .366 .533 .899
2 Seasons 620 539 81 144 25 23 .267 .360 .475 .835
AVG HR SB OPS
2024 .264 9 14 .781
2025 .270 16 9 .899
2 Seasons .267 25 23 .835
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Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2024 21 1404 198 21 10.6 6.3 92.8 111.6 2.4 31.3 .265 .435 .342 .348 .450 52.0 28.9 11.6
2025 22 1227 168 31 18.5 10.9 94.0 117.9 5.0 31.5 .275 .578 .386 .398 .521 58.9 27.5 13.0
Player 2631 366 52 14.2 8.4 93.3 117.9 3.6 31.4 .270 .499 .362 .371 .483 55.2 28.2 12.3
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.7 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2024 55.1 44.9 18.2 25.8 1.0 32.3 36.4 31.3 24.7 18.7 11.6 7.6 17.7 19.7
2025 51.2 48.8 26.2 21.4 1.2 31.0 38.7 30.4 22.0 20.2 8.9 8.9 18.5 21.4
Player 53.3 46.7 21.9 23.8 1.1 31.7 37.4 30.9 23.5 19.4 10.4 8.2 18.0 20.5
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2024 3.5 38.4 10.6 30.3 6.1 10.6 6.3
2025 4.2 35.1 12.5 20.8 7.7 18.5 10.9
Player 3.8 36.9 11.5 26.0 6.8 14.2 8.4
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 2.7 8 313 25.5 74 .400 .769 .509 20.1 20.3 18.8 .409 .868 .547 74.5
2025 Sinker -1.8 -4 206 16.8 52 .234 .362 .299 21.3 28.8 28.8 .213 .365 .288 50.0
2025 Slider 2.4 4 187 15.2 42 .281 .594 .446 40.3 23.8 16.9 .297 .724 .489 63.6
2025 Curveball 1.8 2 141 11.5 27 .250 .458 .344 52.5 48.1 27.1 .136 .284 .235 36.4
2025 Changeup 0.5 1 130 10.6 30 .231 .462 .322 25.9 23.3 16.3 .251 .429 .322 50.0
2025 Cutter 2.6 2 93 7.6 25 .286 .714 .460 13.2 16.0 17.4 .351 .864 .534 76.5
2025 Sweeper -1.0 -1 78 6.4 16 .071 .143 .222 22.6 37.5 18.2 .111 .183 .197 37.5
2025 Split-Finger -2.6 -2 68 5.5 13 .000 .000 .064 59.3 46.2 23.1 .081 .086 .131 0.0
2025 Slurve 9.2 1 11 0.9 3 .333 1.333 .667 50.0 66.7 28.6 .325 1.175 .612 100.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 5 400 28.5 98 .281 .506 .377 21.2 32.7 27.6 .286 .543 .383 71.9
2024 Sinker -1.4 -3 233 16.6 56 .217 .348 .330 15.2 17.9 20.8 .267 .346 .349 58.3
2024 Slider -0.8 -2 196 14.0 46 .190 .333 .265 45.5 34.8 25.8 .213 .401 .300 53.8
2024 Curveball -1.8 -3 155 11.0 37 .125 .156 .226 43.3 48.6 34.0 .149 .215 .232 21.4
2024 Changeup 2.4 4 146 10.4 30 .357 .500 .393 29.8 23.3 16.3 .350 .446 .372 28.6
2024 Sweeper 2.5 3 119 8.5 30 .400 .600 .477 40.9 26.7 18.6 .357 .626 .470 47.1
2024 Cutter 1.2 1 93 6.6 25 .333 .524 .422 24.3 12.0 16.7 .281 .449 .377 55.6
2024 Split-Finger 5.0 2 43 3.1 8 .429 .714 .513 42.1 25.0 10.5 .184 .225 .245 0.0
2024 Slurve -3.0 -1 18 1.3 5 .200 .200 .180 12.5 20.0 20.0 .181 .197 .172 0.0
2024 Knuckleball 3.9 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2024 335 1,404 -1 -10 11 6 6
2025 282 1,227 11 -10 9 4 13
Player 617 2,631 10 -20 20 10 20
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2024 1,404 50.2 55.3 80.0 21.0 44.9 42.6 23.5 38.2 29.6 7.3 65.7
2025 1,227 50.0 55.0 79.9 23.1 50.7 44.0 20.9 39.1 28.7 7.2 70.5
Player 2,631 50.1 55.2 79.9 22.0 47.8 43.2 22.3 38.7 29.2 7.2 67.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.7 42.6 30.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2024 79 85 37
2025 94 73 96 97 89 97 97 96 99 99 13 88 23 79 70 31 56 96 47 21
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2024 26.30 9 9.8 -1 1 5 6 66.7
2025 25.62 16 15.0 1 6 8 8 50.0
Player 25.87 25 24.8 0 7 13 14 56.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2024 9 7 11 9 11 11 11 9 11 8 10 11 9 9 9 9 8 8 10 12 9 10 12 10 8 9 11 11 10 10 10
2025 16 17 10 12 13 16 15 13 13 14 16 18 18 19 16 13 14 13 15 16 16 16 16 17 12 12 16 15 18 16 15
Player 25 24 21 21 24 27 26 22 24 22 26 29 27 28 25 22 22 21 25 28 25 26 28 27 20 21 27 26 28 26 25
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 92.8 1.2 94.0
Launch Angle 2.4 2.6 5.0
Barrel % 10.6 7.9 18.5
Hard Hit % 52.0 6.9 58.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.3 0.2 31.5
xBA .265 0.010 .275
BA .264 0.006 .270
xwOBA .348 0.050 .398
wOBA .342 0.044 .386
xSLG .435 0.143 .578
SLG .427 0.106 .533
K% 28.9 -1.4 27.5
BB% 11.6 1.4 13.0
Swing % 38.2 0.9 39.1
Whiff% 29.6 -0.9 28.7
In Zone % 50.2 -0.2 50.0
Out of Zone % 49.8 0.2 50.0
Out of Zone Swing % 21.0 2.1 23.1
First Pitch Swing % 23.5 -2.6 20.9
First Pitch Strike % 62.2 -11.8 50.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2024 Shades L 335 133 39.7 .352 .328
2025 Shades L 282 131 46.5 .383 .390
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2024 437 15.5 43.0% 0.0% 289 18.1 9.3% 0.0%
2025 372 15.4 41.9% 0.0% 227 18.1 7.9% 0.9%
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