I have been watching baseball for most of my 24 years on this planet, and I have never seen a player quite like James Wood. He moves around differently, he is built differently, the whole package is just so unique. James Wood is truly a baseball unicorn.
Drafted in the second round of the 2021 MLB Draft, it did not take long for the baseball world to realize that James Wood was a massive draft steal. Just over a year later, he was a massive piece of the blockbuster Juan Soto trade. Wood was the player the Padres were most gutted to lose and the one Mike Rizzo wouldn’t do the deal without.