James Wood has been a monster. In 78 games, he's hit 21 homers and has driven in 57 runs, slashing .279/.376/.558 for an OPS+ that's a staggering 63 points above the league average of 100. What's even scarier about the ceiling of the 22-year-old is that he hasn't even played a full season's worth of games yet,

James Wood’s fourth-inning home run opens the offensive floodgates for the Nationals, who blast five dingers to back Jake Irvin in 7-3 victory over the Dodgers.

They’d be appropriate, what with awesome young slugger James Wood set to play in San Diego for the first time since he was traded with other homegrown Padres for Juan Soto in August 2022.