James Wood Playing RF in Grapefruit League

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The Nats have had a strong start to exhibition play in Florida; for whatever that is worth. Mark & Al begin with James Wood seeing a lot of action in RF so far this Spring Training. Wood has a lot of CF experience in the minors and LF duty in the majors, but has not found a permanent spot in the outfield. There is also conjecture that Wood could switch to 1B within the next few seasons. (14:30) Brady House homered twice in the Spring Training opener vs. Miami. House struggled mightily in his rookie season at the plate, but this will be his first Opening Day in the Big Leagues at 3B. (21:40) The annual February focus on improved base running. (26:25) The Nationals did not seem to sign a collection of veterans that could be flipped at the Trade Deadline unlike previous seasons. (35:10) Is there another signing on its way or only if there is an injury? (37:30) Mark relayed questions to Manager Blake Butera that were contributed from subscribers at natsjournal.com

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0:00.0	Walters is back for another season as the official bar of the Natschat podcast.
0:04.8	They've been with us since our very first season on air in 2021.
0:09.1	Walters is located just across the street from the ballpark.
0:15.8	Next pitch swung on, line drive, left center field.
0:18.8	Coming on is Wood.
0:19.7	He dives, and he made the catch for the
0:22.0	out james wood coming straight in on the ball slicing off the battle the left hand hitter of the last
0:28.2	moment and he makes a diving catch and he came full speed and with authority with a headlong dive
0:35.0	to make the play coming straight into the infield.
0:38.6	And welcome to Nats chat, along with Washington Nationals insider Mark Zuckerman of Natchjournal.com.
0:44.3	I'm Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast.
0:46.7	MLB's 2006 exhibition season is underway.
0:50.0	The Nats are 4, 2, and 1.
0:52.6	No, they have not joined the NHL. They had a 5-all tie against the Philadelphia
0:56.7	Phillies this past Monday. So 4-2 and 1 in the Grapefruit League started off 4-0-1, but two consecutive
1:03.4	losses since. And that will conclude our analysis of the Nats' exhibition record. As we know,
1:09.1	MLB teams' exhibition records mean next to nothing,
1:12.5	but it is good to have baseball being played, and it is good to have you with us as we draw
1:16.9	closer to opening day, which is March 26. This episode of Nats chat is brought to us by the
1:22.9	golf yards in Boston, the DMV's new home for elite indoor golf training, the nants are getting ready for
1:28.7	their season. Make sure that your swing is ready to visit thegolfyards.com to secure your
1:34.2	spot at the golf yards in Boston. So exhibition baseball is a funny deal. Yes, it is baseball,
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