The Home Run Derby is still weeks away, set for July 14 in Atlanta, and has no official entrants yet. “Would I like to see him do it?” Manager Dave Martinez said. “Yeah.”

James Wood has been a monster. In 78 games, he's hit 21 homers and has driven in 57 runs, slashing .279/.376/.558 for an OPS+ that's a staggering 63 points above the league average of 100. What's even scarier about the ceiling of the 22-year-old is that he hasn't even played a full season's worth of games yet,

After trading with the Washington Nationals for Juan Soto in 2022, the San Diego Padres reached the National League Championship Series for the first time since their World Series appearance in 1998.