Wood's Power Surge: Nats' Record-Breaking Hits

0:00On April 9th, James Wood is putting up numbers that make Washington National's fans proud and turning heads across baseball. On Wednesday, he crushed his sixth-better ball at 116 miles per hour or harder. Since that cast started tracking in 2015, every other nationals player combined has just six of those massive hits. Bryce Harper and Juan Soto each notched two while wearing Nats uniforms. Kyle Schwarber and Adam Lindt had won a piece. That's the company Woods keeping, and get this. He's only in his third year in the majors, kicking off his second full season. Fans have long called Wood Special, and now more baseball lovers are catching on. His bat speed and power mean he smashes the ball harder than most, way more often than you'd expect from someone so new to the big leagues. Earlier this week, that hard single on Wednesday added to his tally, even though it wasn't a homer. But he had gone deep in the three games before that, including a scorching shot to dead center on Monday that hugged the ground before sailing over.

1:02Defense. Wood looks locked in with the nationals for years, so expect him to pile on more of these records as he keeps swinging like that. That wraps Washington Nationals News Today, brought to you with AI.