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 329 282 45 80 20 9 .284 .380 .564 .944
2 Seasons 665 577 88 158 29 23 .274 .367 .494 .861
AVG HR SB OPS
2024 .264 9 14 .781
2025 .284 20 9 .944
2 Seasons .274 29 23 .861
MLB Percentile Rankings
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 1413 198 38 19.2 11.6 93.9 117.9 5.5 32.8 .291 .605 .403 .416 .538 57.1 26.1 13.4
Player 2817 396 59 14.9 8.9 93.3 117.9 4.0 32.1 .278 .518 .372 .381 .494 54.5 27.5 12.5
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .316 .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 51.0 49.0 25.3 22.2 1.5 31.8 39.4 28.8 21.7 21.2 8.1 10.1 18.2 20.7
Player 53.0 47.0 21.7 24.0 1.3 32.1 37.9 30.1 23.2 19.9 9.8 8.8 17.9 20.2
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 4.0 34.3 12.1 21.2 7.6 19.2 11.6
Player 3.8 36.4 11.4 25.8 6.8 14.9 8.9
MLB 3.9 32.5 24.9 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 3.0 11 376 26.6 86 .405 .797 .526 19.4 18.6 16.2 .408 .865 .549 71.2
2025 Sinker -1.2 -3 229 16.2 57 .255 .431 .336 22.0 26.3 26.3 .238 .426 .324 52.8
2025 Slider 2.3 5 209 14.8 51 .282 .538 .439 37.8 21.6 16.2 .311 .678 .482 53.6
2025 Curveball 1.2 2 168 11.9 34 .233 .400 .321 54.2 50.0 29.3 .140 .271 .236 38.5
2025 Changeup 0.4 1 144 10.2 33 .207 .414 .292 24.1 21.2 15.2 .264 .482 .343 47.8
2025 Cutter 4.6 5 105 7.4 28 .375 .917 .559 11.4 14.3 17.4 .416 .977 .596 75.0
2025 Sweeper -1.3 -1 94 6.7 18 .063 .125 .197 28.2 38.9 17.1 .107 .170 .183 33.3
2025 Split-Finger -0.2 0 77 5.4 17 .125 .313 .240 53.3 41.2 22.6 .179 .393 .271 22.2
2025 Slurve 9.2 1 11 0.8 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 -0.9 -2 234 16.7 57 .234 .426 .360 15.0 17.5 20.8 .282 .422 .378 59.5
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 0.1 0 92 6.6 24 .300 .350 .356 25.0 12.5 16.7 .247 .280 .310 52.9
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 327 1,413 14 -8 9 5 20
Player 662 2,817 13 -17 20 13 27
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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 1,413 49.6 55.0 81.1 23.2 50.3 43.8 21.1 39.0 28.1 7.6 68.2
Player 2,817 49.9 55.2 80.5 22.1 47.8 43.2 22.3 38.6 28.9 7.4 67.0
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.3 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 98 88 98 98 94 99 98 96 99 99 21 91 27 78 70 65 55 96 44 19
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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 25.97 20 18.8 1 5 11 11 55.0
Player 26.07 29 28.5 1 6 16 17 58.6
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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 20 18 14 16 16 19 18 15 16 17 19 21 22 24 20 16 18 16 20 21 20 22 21 21 15 16 20 19 23 20 20
Player 29 25 25 25 27 30 29 24 27 25 29 32 31 33 29 25 26 24 30 33 29 32 33 31 23 25 31 30 33 30 30
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 1.1 93.9
Launch Angle 2.4 3.1 5.5
Barrel % 10.6 8.6 19.2
Hard Hit % 52.0 5.1 57.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.3 1.5 32.8
xBA .265 0.026 .291
BA .264 0.020 .284
xwOBA .348 0.068 .416
wOBA .342 0.061 .403
xSLG .435 0.170 .605
SLG .427 0.137 .564
K% 28.9 -2.8 26.1
BB% 11.6 1.8 13.4
Swing % 38.2 0.8 39.0
Whiff% 29.6 -1.5 28.1
In Zone % 50.2 -0.6 49.6
Out of Zone % 49.8 0.6 50.4
Out of Zone Swing % 21.0 2.2 23.2
First Pitch Swing % 23.5 -2.4 21.1
First Pitch Strike % 62.2 -11.1 51.1
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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 327 158 48.3 .422 .383
! 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 413 15.5 40.9% 0.2% 242 18.0 8.3% 0.8%
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