Grand Valley State Basketball 2024-06-29 Grand Valley State Basketball - Last update images today Grand Valley State Basketball WNBA Rookie Tracker: Jackson's 14 Points Can't Stop Sparks' Slide ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Washington Nationals plan to call up top prospect James Wood to make his major league debut Monday against the New York Mets, according to multiple reports Friday. Wood, 21, was acquired in the trade that sent Juan Soto to the San Diego Padres and is the third-ranked prospect in Major League Baseball. The 6-foot-7, 234-pound outfielder has shown impressive power in the minors. Speaking before Friday night's opener of a three-game series at Tampa Bay, Nationals manager Dave Martinez declined to confirm the impending move, which would allow Wood to make his debut at home. "But I will tell you this, I'm very excited when he does get here," Martinez said. "He's an outstanding kid. I'm looking forward to working with him." Wood is batting .346 with 10 homers and 34 RBIs in 51 games this season for Triple-A Rochester. In 2023, he hit 26 homers in 473 at-bats in High-A and Double-A. "He's a student on the game," Martinez said. "He wants to learn. He wants to get better. You got to remember he's still 21 years old. He's still learning a lot about himself, but he's got unbelievable talent." Wood was born in the Washington suburb of Rockville, Maryland. He was drafted 62nd overall by the Padres in 2021 out of IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. The Nationals acquired him in August 2022 in the deal for Soto that also brought shortstop CJ Abrams and left-handed starter MacKenzie Gore to Washington. Abrams and Gore have been mainstays on a rebuilding club that has remained competitive a year after finishing last in the NL East at 71-91. Washington (38-42) entered Friday three games out of an NL wild-card spot. "We lost a really good player, as we all know," Martinez said. "But to get the quality players that we got and helping us out in the big leagues right now with more to come, it's exciting. We definitely have a bright future." Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. Basketballjpg 441a0f3a31f7e84c Maxresdefault 2013helmetjpg 987e2deb8c556794 Grand Valley State University Logo 9 Grand Valley State E1567504712324 Austinsomerfieldjpg 97565e4063790ee2 8N0A6309 ?max Width=1200&max Height=675 ?url=http Ewscripps Brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com 7e 93 57a3b55f4062a121828b56e2fe89 Gv Asauhn Tatum 28jpg Fdf365192a509feb GVL Basketball Game 11.22 RGB Velazquez 0126 1222 5DPVDNOEAVDWRE7ELUZHB7FCIY.JPG CqvaJ8uVUAEJtuh Large IMG 2847 1280[1606243880] 8N0A9353.JPG ?url=https X Default Stgec.uplynk.com Ausw Slices Ea2 2641ad36b5274c6abc96c2f4a99426ed Ea2b04095ff04c64b8e2f4a23b780681 Poster 2789187f20314ae59db4be86e884f657 Gassman8 SVSU 8N0A9857.JPG Alderink2 Davenport Be384a2ed3aaabb6 GVSU1 ?itok=TxXoGF68 Cd1bae261c775876beab1e8d194dfdd8 VDZK42KKAJFSHJ53MS4YNLABTY 5092e454703b6.image 8N0A1543 Ansons 2 GVBB111722 750x458 8N0A1243.JPG Home18 Da999127 6501 43e5 Adcf Eea9f9db7837.sized 1000x1000.JPG?w=1000 Maxresdefault 4d860a61 E0f8 4dcf Bad5 2e5f1b67e65c.sized 1000x1000.JPG?w=1000 1c81aa0d942ae1ef3276cb032b668789