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 182 157 22 43 10 5 .274 .374 .529 .903
2 Seasons 518 452 65 121 19 19 .268 .361 .462 .823
AVG HR SB OPS
2024 .264 9 14 .781
2025 .274 10 5 .903
2 Seasons .268 19 19 .823
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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 22 792 105 17 16.2 9.6 93.5 116.3 3.2 30.5 .261 .551 .403 .391 .498 58.1 27.0 13.5
Player 2196 303 38 12.5 7.4 93.0 116.3 2.7 31.0 .264 .474 .363 .363 .466 54.1 28.2 12.3
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 54.3 45.7 24.8 21.0 0.0 30.5 37.1 32.4 24.8 20.0 9.5 5.7 17.1 22.9
Player 54.8 45.2 20.5 24.1 0.7 31.7 36.6 31.7 24.8 19.1 10.9 6.9 17.5 20.8
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 2.9 42.9 11.4 17.1 7.6 16.2 9.6
Player 3.3 39.9 10.9 25.7 6.6 12.5 7.4
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 4.8 9 194 24.5 48 .476 .952 .614 23.3 18.8 19.1 .431 .921 .583 75.8
2025 Sinker -2.0 -3 143 18.1 34 .258 .387 .316 15.5 26.5 24.3 .218 .430 .310 45.5
2025 Slider 0.8 1 110 13.9 25 .222 .389 .384 38.5 28.0 17.1 .240 .525 .425 63.6
2025 Curveball 3.0 3 88 11.1 12 .273 .636 .404 52.4 50.0 20.7 .125 .427 .266 40.0
2025 Changeup 0.5 0 77 9.7 19 .235 .529 .358 21.2 26.3 18.5 .193 .403 .295 50.0
2025 Sweeper -1.1 -1 65 8.2 13 .083 .167 .219 23.1 30.8 14.3 .129 .213 .188 37.5
2025 Cutter 1.0 1 63 8.0 18 .214 .429 .367 13.6 16.7 17.6 .280 .537 .423 72.7
2025 Split-Finger -1.9 -1 43 5.4 7 .000 .000 .140 62.5 42.9 21.4 .026 .029 .159 0.0
2025 Slurve -4.1 0 9 1.1 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 28.6 -- -- .000 --
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 4 399 28.4 97 .273 .500 .371 21.3 33.0 27.6 .280 .538 .379 71.4
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 2.5 4 149 10.6 31 .379 .517 .410 29.3 22.6 16.3 .365 .465 .385 31.8
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 178 792 6 -5 5 3 9
Player 513 2,196 6 -15 16 6 15
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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 792 50.1 53.9 80.8 23.7 54.3 43.1 21.3 38.9 27.3 6.6 65.4
Player 2,196 50.2 54.8 80.3 22.0 48.5 42.8 22.8 38.5 28.8 7.0 65.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.7 42.6 29.9 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 87 54 89 93 82 93 91 93 98 98 20 85 32 72 70 12 55 94 30 29
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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 26.3 9 9.8 -1 1 5 6 66.7
2025 25.5 10 9.5 1 5 5 5 50.0
Player 25.9 19 19.2 0 6 10 11 57.9
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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 10 10 6 7 7 10 10 7 9 8 10 11 12 10 10 8 8 8 10 10 10 11 11 12 7 8 10 10 13 11 10
Player 19 17 17 16 18 21 21 16 20 16 20 22 21 19 19 17 16 16 20 22 19 21 23 22 15 17 21 21 23 21 20
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 0.8 3.2
Barrel % 10.6 5.6 16.2
Hard Hit % 52.0 6.1 58.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.3 -0.8 30.5
xBA .265 -0.004 .261
BA .264 0.017 .281
xwOBA .348 0.043 .391
wOBA .342 0.061 .403
xSLG .435 0.116 .551
SLG .427 0.115 .542
K% 28.9 -1.9 27.0
BB% 11.6 1.9 13.5
Swing % 38.2 0.7 38.9
Whiff% 29.6 -2.3 27.3
In Zone % 50.2 -0.1 50.1
Out of Zone % 49.8 0.1 49.9
Out of Zone Swing % 21.0 2.7 23.7
First Pitch Swing % 23.5 -2.2 21.3
First Pitch Strike % 62.2 -13.9 48.3
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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 178 77 43.3 .363 .455
! 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 219 15.6 38.4% 0.0% 168 18.3 8.3% 0.6%
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