
James Wood's 2026 Legends Deck card — rated 84 overall using real 2026 Statcast batting data (exit velocity, barrel rate, xwOBA, sprint speed). Ratings refresh nightly from Baseball Savant.
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| AVG | 0.267 |
| OPS | 0.944 |
| HR | 17 |
| RBI | 40 |
| SB | 10 |
| G | 64 |
| AB | 243 |
| BB | 52 |
| K | 89 |
Through mid-May, Wood leads MLB in two of the three power-contact metrics that matter most: a 27.1% barrel rate and a 60.4% hard-hit rate. His .425 xwOBA trails only Aaron Judge among qualified hitters. The 22-year-old Nationals outfielder posts 11 home runs and a .918 OPS through 40 games, on pace for a 40-HR season. A 22.3% chase rate — top quartile among power hitters — separates Wood from typical young sluggers whose damage output comes paired with strikeout volatility. The 35.1% whiff rate keeps him from elite contact territory, but the contact he does make is, on a per-batted-ball basis, the most damaging in baseball.
Reviewed 2026-05-13 · Statcast data refreshed nightly via Baseball Savant
| xBA | 0.275 |
| xSLG | 0.615 |
| xwOBA | 0.429 |
| Avg Exit Velo | 96.1 mph |
| Max Exit Velo | — |
| Barrel Rate | 25.0% |
| Hard-Hit Rate | 61.4% |
| Sprint Speed | 27.7 ft/sec |
| Whiff Rate | 31.8% |
| Chase Rate | 22.8% |
| OAA | -4 |
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Legends Deck rates every card using percentile-scaled Statcast data from Baseball Savant. James Wood's current rating of 84 reflects their real 2026 season performance as of the last nightly refresh — not editorial opinion. When their actual Statcast numbers change, the card rating changes.
Full methodology: How Legends Deck card ratings work. Glossary: Barrel Rate, xwOBA, Exit Velocity, Sprint Speed.