PLAYER REVIEW: ANDREW ALVAREZ

Age on Opening Day 2026: 26

How acquired: 12th-round pick, 2021 MLB Draft

MLB service time: 28 days

2025 salary: $760,000

PLAYER REVIEW: MITCHELL PARKER

Age on Opening Day 2026: 26

How acquired: Fifth round pick, 2020 MLB Draft

MLB service time: 2 years

2025 salary: $767,200

PLAYER REVIEW: CADE CAVALLI

Age on Opening Day 2026: 27

How acquired: First round pick, 2020 MLB Draft

MLB service time: 2 years, 141 days

2025 salary: $760,200

Despite his sluggish second half, James Wood’s total production this season still earned him recognition as one of the best hitters in baseball.

Wood today was named a finalist for the Silver Slugger Award, one of six National League outfielders in the running for the honor. Three winners will be named Nov. 6, along with the winners for each of the league’s other positions.

Joining Wood on the list of finalists are the Diamondbacks’ Corbin Carroll, the Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong, the Mets’ Juan Soto, the Marlins’ Kyle Stowers and the Cubs’ Kyle Tucker.

Wood finished the season with 38 doubles, 31 home runs, 94 RBIs, a .256 batting average, .350 on-base percentage and .475 slugging percentage, plus 15 stolen bases. Among NL outfielders, the 23-year-old ranked in the top three in doubles, homers and extra-base hits.

It was a dynamic first half of the season, though, that put Wood in a position to finish with those numbers and earned him the first All-Star nod and Home Run Derby invitation of his young career. He entered the break with a .278/.381/.534 slash line, 24 homers and 69 RBIs, then slashed .223/.301/.388 with seven homers and 25 RBIs after that.

For the first time in his career, Washington Nationals outfielder James Wood has been named one of six outfield finalists for the Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Award on Wednesday.

A 2025 All-Star and Home Run Derby participant, Wood, 23, finished the season tied for the National League lead among outfielders with 38 doubles this season. He also ranked in extra base hits (3rd, 69), home runs (T3rd, 31), RBI (4th, 94), walks (5th, 95) and hits (5th, 153).

In his first full Major League season Wood also paced the National League with 56 balls hit over 110 miles per hour, trailing only Aaron Judge in all of Major League Baseball. Wood also led all National League outfielders with 15 home runs hit over 110 mph.

The Rockville, Md., native was one of just three Major Leaguers and one of two National League outfielders with 30 home runs, 35 doubles and 15 stolen bases this season. Wood became just the second Nationals player to hit 30 home runs and steal at least 15 bases in a season, joining Alfonso Soriano in 2006.

Wood looks to become the fourth Nationals outfielder and 11th Nationals player (2005-pres.) overall to win a Silver Slugger.

PLAYER REVIEW: BRAD LORD

Age on Opening Day 2026: 26

How acquired: 18th round pick, 2022 MLB Draft

MLB service time: 1 year

2025 salary: $760,000

PLAYER REVIEW: JAKE IRVIN

Age on Opening Day 2026: 29

How acquired: Fourth round pick, 2018 MLB Draft

MLB service time: 2 years, 152 days

2025 salary: $774,600

PLAYER REVIEW: MACKENZIE GORE

Age on Opening Day 2026: 27

How acquired: Traded with CJ Abrams, James Wood, Robert Hassell III, Jarlin Susana and Luke Voit from Padres for Juan Soto and Josh Bell, August 2022

MLB service time: 4 years

2025 salary: $2.89 million

PLAYER REVIEW: DREW MILLAS

Age on Opening Day 2026: 28

How acquired: Traded with Richard Guasch and Seth Shuman from Athletics for Yan Gomes and Josh Harrison, July 2021

MLB service time: 178 days

2025 salary: $760,000

PLAYER REVIEW: PAUL DeJONG

Age on Opening Day 2026: 32

How acquired: Signed as free agent, February 2025

MLB service time: 8 years, 57 days

2025 salary: $1 million

PLAYER REVIEW: NASIM NUNEZ

Age on Opening Day 2026: 25

How acquired: Selected in 2023 Rule 5 Draft

MLB service time: 1 year, 89 days

2025 salary: $760,000

PLAYER REVIEW: BRADY HOUSE

Age on Opening Day 2026: 22

How acquired: First round pick, 2021 Draft

MLB service time: 107 days

2025 salary: $760,000

Jacob Young gets a second crack at becoming only the third Gold Glove Award winner in Nationals history.

Young was named a finalist for the award this morning, one of three competing to be honored as the best defensive center fielder in the National League. He’s joined by the Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong and the Cardinals’ Victor Scott II.

The winner will be announced Nov. 3.

It’s the second straight year Young has been named a Gold Glove finalist. Though he seemed to have a stronger statistical case for the award in 2024, he ultimately lost out to the Rockies’ Brenton Doyle.

Young’s case this season isn’t quite as concrete. He was one of only three regular major league position players with a 1.000 fielding percentage. But he ranked second to Crow-Armstrong in FanGraphs’ overall Defensive Rating (17.7 to 12.3) and Defensive Runs Saved (15 to 13). And he ranked third to both Crow-Armstrong and Scott in Statcast’s Outs Above Average (24 to 16 to 14) and Runs Prevented (22 to 14 to 13).

For the second consecutive season, Washington Nationals outfielder Jacob Young was named one of three finalists for the Rawlings Gold Glove award in center field on Tuesday.

Young, 26, led National League center fielders and was one of only three players in all of Major League Baseball with a 1.000 fielding percentage in 2025. He ranked second among National League center fielders in defensive rating (12.4) and defensive runs saved (13), according to FanGraphs.com, and third in outs above average (14) and runs prevented (13), according to MLB Statcast. He accumulated these numbers while playing in only 112 games (901.1 innings).

For the second year in a row, Young had the quickest reaction time (feet covered in the first 1.5 seconds of opportunity) in all of Major League Baseball at 4.6 feet. Young earned three Electric Plays of the Week from Major League Baseball for his catches on July 2 vs. Detroit (9^th inning home run robbery), July 23 vs. Cincinnati (home run robbery) and Sept. 21 at New York Mets (acrobatic, off-the-foot catch at the wall).

Young looks to become the first Nationals outfielder and third Nationals player (2005-pres.) overall to win a Gold Glove, joining Ryan Zimmerman (3B, 2009) and Adam LaRoche (1B, 2012).

Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners will be announced on Sunday, Nov. 2, on ESPN at 8:30 p.m. ET.

PLAYER REVIEW: CJ ABRAMS

Age on Opening Day 2026: 25

How acquired: Traded with James Wood, MacKenzie Gore, Robert Hassell III, Jarlin Susana and Luke Voit from Padres for Juan Soto and Josh Bell, August 2022

MLB service time: 3 years, 130 days

2025 salary: $780,600

PLAYER REVIEW: LUIS GARCIA JR.

Age on Opening Day 2026: 25

How acquired: Signed as international free agent, July 2016

MLB service time: 4 years, 142 days

2025 salary: $4.5 million

PLAYER REVIEW: JOSH BELL

Age on Opening Day 2026: 33

How acquired: Signed as free agent, January 2025

MLB service time: 9 years, 53 days

2025 salary: $6 million

PLAYER REVIEW: KEIBERT RUIZ

Age on Opening Day 2026: 27

How acquired: Traded with Josiah Gray, Donovan Casey and Gerardo Carrillo from Dodgers for Max Scherzer and Trea Turner, July 2021

MLB service time: 4 years, 64 days

2025 salary: $6 million

PLAYER REVIEW: RILEY ADAMS

Age on Opening Day 2026: 29

How acquired: Acquired from Blue Jays for Brad Hand, July 2021

MLB service time: 3 years, 171 days

2025 salary: $850,000

PLAYER REVIEW: ROBERT HASSELL III

Age on Opening Day 2026: 24

How acquired: Traded with James Wood, CJ Abrams, MacKenzie Gore, Jarlin Susana and Luke from Padres for Juan Soto and Josh Bell, August 2022

MLB service time: 85 days

2025 salary: $760,000