James Wood doesn’t think he’s shy.
Still, the No. 2 overall prospect in baseball, a baseballing unicorn who made his MLB debut on Monday for the Washington Nationals, acknowledges that he comes across as quiet.
“I just don’t really say a lot,” the 6-foot-7 outfielder told Yahoo Sports during a recent conversation before he was called up. “I’m just pretty chill.”
That’s Wood, as a person, in a nutshell: relaxed, low-key, stress-free. The ultimate chiller. Words crawl out of the 21-year-old with a Gen-Z disaffection that, to a cynical ear, might sound like disinterest.