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 307 266 42 75 17 9 .282 .371 .538 .909
2 Seasons 643 561 85 153 26 23 .273 .362 .480 .842
AVG HR SB OPS
2024 .264 9 14 .781
2025 .282 17 9 .909
2 Seasons .273 26 23 .842
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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 1299 181 33 18.2 10.9 94.4 117.9 5.0 32.6 .288 .594 .397 .409 .537 59.1 27.2 12.6
Player 2703 379 54 14.2 8.5 93.5 117.9 3.7 31.9 .276 .509 .368 .377 .491 55.4 28.1 12.1
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 51.4 48.6 25.4 22.1 1.1 32.6 38.7 28.7 22.7 20.4 8.3 9.9 18.2 20.4
Player 53.3 46.7 21.6 24.0 1.1 32.5 37.5 30.1 23.7 19.5 10.0 8.7 17.9 20.1
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 3.9 34.3 11.6 22.1 8.3 18.2 10.9
Player 3.7 36.4 11.1 26.4 7.1 14.2 8.5
MLB 3.9 32.6 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 3.1 10 329 25.3 77 .412 .809 .527 20.4 20.8 18.6 .412 .895 .556 75.5
2025 Sinker -1.7 -4 217 16.7 53 .250 .375 .310 22.4 28.3 28.3 .220 .371 .293 51.5
2025 Slider 2.5 5 201 15.5 48 .297 .568 .452 38.0 22.9 16.4 .313 .697 .486 57.7
2025 Curveball 1.8 3 147 11.3 29 .269 .462 .352 51.2 48.3 28.6 .159 .311 .250 41.7
2025 Changeup 0.5 1 135 10.4 31 .222 .444 .311 25.5 22.6 15.2 .270 .504 .355 52.4
2025 Cutter 3.5 3 100 7.7 27 .348 .783 .506 12.2 14.8 17.4 .394 .874 .554 73.7
2025 Sweeper -1.0 -1 84 6.5 16 .071 .143 .222 28.6 37.5 17.6 .111 .183 .197 37.5
2025 Split-Finger -2.2 -2 75 5.8 16 .067 .067 .114 55.2 43.8 22.6 .120 .133 .154 12.5
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 300 1,299 11 -8 9 4 17
Player 635 2,703 11 -18 20 11 23
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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 1,299 50.0 55.5 80.3 23.1 50.0 43.6 20.7 39.3 28.6 7.4 70.8
Player 2,703 50.1 55.4 80.2 22.0 47.5 43.1 22.2 38.8 29.1 7.3 68.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 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 97 87 98 98 93 98 96 98 99 99 14 87 23 78 68 44 56 96 48 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 25.85 17 16.2 1 7 7 10 58.8
Player 26.00 26 26.0 0 8 12 16 61.5
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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 17 16 12 13 14 17 16 14 13 15 17 20 19 21 17 15 15 14 16 18 17 18 17 18 13 14 18 17 19 17 17
Player 26 23 23 22 25 28 27 23 24 23 27 31 28 30 26 24 23 22 26 30 26 28 29 28 21 23 29 28 29 27 27
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 1.6 94.4
Launch Angle 2.4 2.6 5.0
Barrel % 10.6 7.6 18.2
Hard Hit % 52.0 7.1 59.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.3 1.3 32.6
xBA .265 0.023 .288
BA .264 0.023 .287
xwOBA .348 0.061 .409
wOBA .342 0.055 .397
xSLG .435 0.159 .594
SLG .427 0.121 .548
K% 28.9 -1.7 27.2
BB% 11.6 1.0 12.6
Swing % 38.2 1.1 39.3
Whiff% 29.6 -1.0 28.6
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 -2.8 20.7
First Pitch Strike % 62.2 -11.2 51.0
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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 300 147 49.0 .391 .402
! 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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