It is never an easy thing moving on from superstar players, which the Washington Nationals know firsthand. After trading Max Scherzer and Trea Turner to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2021, they completed the signaling of their rebuild by trading Juan Soto to the San Diego Padres in another blockbuster.

James Wood had a three-run homer among his three hits, drove in four and scored three times for the Washington Nationals, who beat the San Diego Padres 10-6.

They’d be appropriate, what with awesome young slugger James Wood set to play in San Diego for the first time since he was traded with other homegrown Padres for Juan Soto in August 2022.