The Home Run Derby is still weeks away, set for July 14 in Atlanta, and has no official entrants yet. “Would I like to see him do it?” Manager Dave Martinez said. “Yeah.”

James Wood has been a monster. In 78 games, he's hit 21 homers and has driven in 57 runs, slashing .279/.376/.558 for an OPS+ that's a staggering 63 points above the league average of 100. What's even scarier about the ceiling of the 22-year-old is that he hasn't even played a full season's worth of games yet,

The paying customers showed up en masse again Monday, enough of them to make the gathering at Petco Park the 33rd sellout among the 37 home games the Padres have played this season. And the boos that rained down after Josh Bell hit a single that drove in the Nationals’ sixth run were arguably louder than any heard at Petco Park this season.