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 221 189 32 55 12 7 .291 .389 .545 .934
2 Seasons 557 484 75 133 21 21 .275 .368 .473 .841
AVG HR SB OPS
2024 .264 9 14 .781
2025 .291 12 7 .934
2 Seasons .275 21 21 .841
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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 22 964 133 23 17.3 10.4 93.5 117.9 3.8 30.1 .275 .572 .402 .401 .507 57.9 25.8 13.6
Player 2368 331 44 13.3 7.9 93.0 117.9 3.0 30.8 .269 .488 .366 .369 .473 54.4 27.6 12.4
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 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 53.4 46.6 24.8 21.1 0.8 30.1 38.3 31.6 22.6 21.1 9.8 7.5 17.3 21.8
Player 54.4 45.6 20.8 23.9 0.9 31.4 37.2 31.4 23.9 19.6 10.9 7.6 17.5 20.5
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 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 3.8 38.3 12.0 19.5 7.5 17.3 10.4
Player 3.6 38.4 11.2 26.0 6.6 13.3 7.9
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 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 4.7 11 231 24.0 58 .471 .922 .601 21.8 17.2 17.9 .431 .944 .591 73.2
2025 Sinker -2.1 -4 169 17.5 42 .237 .342 .294 16.2 26.2 25.6 .221 .401 .304 51.9
2025 Slider 2.8 4 149 15.5 34 .280 .560 .446 43.4 26.5 19.1 .291 .709 .490 68.8
2025 Curveball 3.3 4 109 11.3 18 .313 .625 .428 50.0 44.4 22.9 .143 .359 .264 37.5
2025 Changeup 0.4 0 91 9.4 22 .263 .526 .350 23.1 22.7 17.2 .249 .455 .323 46.7
2025 Sweeper -1.1 -1 71 7.4 13 .083 .167 .219 21.4 30.8 13.8 .129 .213 .188 37.5
2025 Cutter 1.6 1 71 7.4 19 .267 .467 .395 14.8 15.8 15.0 .290 .532 .421 75.0
2025 Split-Finger -2.6 -2 64 6.6 12 .000 .000 .070 56.0 41.7 20.0 .090 .096 .144 0.0
2025 Slurve -4.1 0 9 0.9 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 28.6 -- -- .000 --
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 -1.3 -3 231 16.5 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 2.3 3 148 10.5 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 220 964 9 -6 7 3 14
Player 555 2,368 8 -16 19 8 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 964 49.3 55.0 80.2 22.9 51.8 43.3 20.5 38.8 28.3 6.7 70.8
Player 2,368 49.9 55.2 80.1 21.8 47.9 42.9 22.3 38.5 29.1 7.0 67.7
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 93 74 93 95 90 96 94 93 99 98 24 87 27 76 69 22 51 94 41 20
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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 25.49 12 11.4 1 7 6 6 50.0
Player 25.83 21 21.1 0 8 11 12 57.1
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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 12 13 8 8 8 12 12 9 9 11 12 14 14 12 12 9 10 10 12 12 12 14 12 14 9 10 12 12 15 12 12
Player 21 20 19 17 19 23 23 18 20 19 22 25 23 21 21 18 18 18 22 24 21 24 24 24 17 19 23 23 25 22 22
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 0.7 93.5
Launch Angle 2.4 1.4 3.8
Barrel % 10.6 6.7 17.3
Hard Hit % 52.0 5.9 57.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.3 -1.2 30.1
xBA .265 0.010 .275
BA .264 0.027 .291
xwOBA .348 0.053 .401
wOBA .342 0.060 .402
xSLG .435 0.137 .572
SLG .427 0.118 .545
K% 28.9 -3.1 25.8
BB% 11.6 2.0 13.6
Swing % 38.2 0.6 38.8
Whiff% 29.6 -1.3 28.3
In Zone % 50.2 -0.9 49.3
Out of Zone % 49.8 0.9 50.7
Out of Zone Swing % 21.0 1.9 22.9
First Pitch Swing % 23.5 -3.0 20.5
First Pitch Strike % 62.2 -13.6 48.6
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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 220 103 46.8 .379 .429
! 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 252 15.5 40.5% 0.0% 191 18.1 9.4% 0.5%
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