The data behind this James Wood home run is fascinating

James Wood has already proved to be a valuable addition to the Washington Nationals. The No. 2 prospect in baseball is currently slashing .246/.319/.354 and hit a clutch home run Sunday afternoon.

Wood's three-run moonshot broke a 2-2 deadlock with the Cincinnati Reds in the bottom of the eighth inning, putting Washington up 5-2 for the eventual win.

But what's more incredible is the data and coincidences behind the 21-year-old's second home run.

In the Statcast era , only one other left-handed player has hit a home run ball to straightaway left field on a pitch that was up-and-in, near the top left corner of the zone.

That player was Josh Bell and he also did it against Cincinnati, albeit at Great American Ball Park in 2019.

Bell, then a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates, hit his home run — which was also a three-run shot late in the game — roughly 330 feet and just barely made it over the left-field wall.

Wood's shot went a whopping 404 feet .

What's even more intriguing is that Washington acquired Wood in 2022 — along with four other prospects — from the San Diego Padres in exchange for All-Star Juan Soto and, you guessed it, first baseman Josh Bell.

If all that is any indication, then Washington sure found itself a gem in one heck of a star-crossed trade two years ago.