James Wood has more power than almost anyone else in baseball.
And he's just getting started for the Washington Nationals.
The 22-year old, 6-foot-7 outfielder hit a baseball Friday night to a place in D.C. that is pretty much never reached.
There's a garage door out in centerfield well beyond the fence, just to the right of dead-center. It's about 450 feet from home plate.
Wood drilled it with an absolute laser.
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James Wood sends a baseball 451 feet 😳
— MLB (@MLB) June 14, 2025
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It took the baseball just under five seconds to make it all the way out there, too.
That was Wood's 17th homer of the season. He's up to .283 mid-game with the long ball.
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Wood also has nine stolen bases and a .918 OPS.
Clearly, he's one of baseball's brightest young stars. And if he keeps hitting baseballs to places like that, everyone will know his name very, very soon.
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