Wood to take part in Home Run Derby
By MASN Staff
Washington Nationals outfielder James Wood has been selected to participate in the 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby taking place on Monday, July 14, at Truist Park in Atlanta. Wood will be the third different Nationals player (2005-pres.) to participate in the Home Run Derby, joining Juan Soto (2022) and Bryce Harper (2013 and 2018).
Wood, 22, is hitting .283 with 19 doubles, 22 home runs, 65 RBI, 56 walks and 55 runs scored in 86 games this season. Entering play on Thursday, he ranks first in OPS (.934), home runs (22) and RBI (65), second in both slugging percentage (.547) and walks (56) and third in on-base percentage (.387) among all National League outfielders.
Wood ranks second in Major League Baseball with 12 home runs hit harder than 110 MPH behind only Shohei Ohtani (13), and he leads Major League Baseball with four home runs that travelled longer than 445 feet ahead of Aaron Judge (3). Additionally, he paces MLB with 52 batted balls hit harder than 108 MPH ahead of Aaron Judge (51).
Combined with his nine home runs in 2024, Wood’s 31 career home runs tied for the most in Nationals history (2005-pres.) through a player's first 162 games with Bryce Harper (31) and ahead of Juan Soto (31).
