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Wood went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, two walks and two runs scored during Sunday's 8-6 win over the Brewers.
One day after lighting up the Brewers to the tune of four hits and an RBI, Wood followed that up by reaching base three times, including a fourth-inning homer to tie the game at one. It was the 23-year-old's fifth homer of the season and also his 14th RBI, a mark tied for seventh in MLB. His .274/.392/.613 slash line is also evidence of the hot start the young outfielder is enjoying to begin the 2026 campaign.
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Nationals' James Wood: Four-hit night against Milwaukee
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Wood went 4-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored in Friday's 7-3 win over the Brewers.
Wood doubled off left-hander Aaron Ashby to lead off the game and then scored on a Curtis Mead single. Wood then singled in the sixth and eighth innings before driving home a run with his second double of the game in the ninth. After a slow start to the season, Wood has been one of the league's hottest hitters over the past week. He's now slashing .268/.359/.571 with five doubles, four home runs, 11 RBI, 12 runs scored, one stolen base and an 8:19 BB:K across 56 plate appearances. Wood's 33.9 percent strikeout rate is still too high, but he's doing damage when he does put the ball in play.
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Nationals' James Wood: Goes yard in third straight game
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Wood went 2-for-4 with a walk, a solo home run, two additional runs scored and a stolen base in Tuesday's extra-inning loss to the Cardinals.
The 23-year-old slugger took southpaw Matthew Liberatore deep in the third inning, giving Wood a homer in three straight games. He's struggled a bit at the plate to begin the season, striking out 18 times in 11 games, but Wood is finding his form and is slashing .191/.309/.511 with three doubles, four home runs, one steal, 10 RBI and 11 runs.
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Nationals' James Wood: Belts another homer Monday
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Wood went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run, two walks and an additional run scored in Monday's win over St. Louis.
That's now back-to-back games with a homer for the 23-year-old outfielder, who also tallied his first multi-hit effort of the campaign Monday. Wood is starting to emerge from what's been a bit of a sluggish start -- he's hitting just .163 but has three long balls, nine RBI and three doubles over his first 43 at-bats. Wood also hasn't even attempted to steal a base yet after swiping 15 bags a year ago, so fantasy managers are hoping to see him start running soon.
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Nationals' James Wood: Drives in three against Dodgers
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Wood went 1-for-4 with a walk, a three-run home run and a second run scored in Sunday's loss to the Dodgers.
The 23-year-old took Roki Sasaki deep in the fourth inning to help the Nationals build a 6-1 lead that the bullpen squandered late. Wood has struck out 17 times in his first 45 plate appearances this season, but he's hit the ball hard when he has made contact, producing a .125/.222/.350 slash line with three doubles, two homers, six runs and six RBI in nine games.
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Nationals' James Wood: Dealt with nagging injuries in 2025
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Wood admitted this week that he dealt with knee and quadriceps soreness last season, Spencer Nusbaum of The Athletic reports. "It was just kind of more of a nagging thing," Wood said. "One series I'd feel great, and the next, not so great. So it was just kind of a series-by-series, or week-by-week thing."
While he didn't pin his second-half struggles on the lower-body issues, Wood's performance strongly suggests they had an impact, as he had a .278/.381/.534 slash line in the first half but a .223/.301/.388 line in the second, with his strikeout rate spiking from 27.6 percent to 39.0 percent. That slump has followed him into 2026, and through six games he's batting .111 (3-for-27) with a 3:12 BB:K, although all three hits have gone for extra bases (two doubles and a homer). The 23-year-old insists his legs are healthy, however, and that he just needs to make a couple adjustments at the plate to break out. "This year compared to last year, I feel like I'm in a much better spot," Wood said. If his struggles linger, there could be a buy-low opportunity on the young slugger, who has already demonstrated his impressive upside when he's locked in.
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Nationals' James Wood: Launches first homer of 2026
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Wood went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 10-2 loss to the Cubs.
Hitting leadoff against right-hander Cade Horton, Wood took the Chicago hurler deep in the fourth inning of what proved to be a rout. It was the 23-year-old outfielder's first hit of the season as he's struggled to find his rhythm at the plate, going 1-for-9 with five strikeouts over the Nationals' first two games.
Nationals' James Wood: Struggling at plate this spring
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Wood went 0-for-2 with a walk and a run scored in Friday's Grapefruit League game against the Mets.
The young slugger also struck out in the fourth inning against Carl Edwards, his ninth K in 29 plate appearances this spring to go along with a .083 batting average (2-for-24). However, Wood has drawn five free passes, and a poor showing in a small sample during March isn't cause for much alarm. Wood is coming off a 2025 campaign in which he launched 31 homers with 94 RBI and 15 steals over 157 games while slashing .256/.350/.475.
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