CJ Abrams and James Wood named National League All-Stars

Washington Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams and outfielder James Wood will represent the organization in the 2026 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Philadelphia on July 14. Abrams was voted in by the fans and will start at shortstop for the National League, while Wood was selected through player voting. Both players will make their second career All-Star appearance. The 2026 All-Star teams were unveiled earlier this evening during the 2026 MLB All-Star Game Selection Show on FOX.

Abrams, 25, leads National League shortstops in home runs (18), RBI (60), slugging percentage (.502), wRC+ (135) and is second in OPS (.852), wOBA (.327) and OPS+ (138). His 60 RBI are tied for seventh in the National League. Through 85 games, Abrams is hitting .273 with 16 doubles, two triples, 18 home runs, 60 RBI, 31 walks, 14 stolen bases and 53 runs scored.

Abrams is tied for the highest run value (19) among Major League shortstops, according to Baseball Savant, and he is one of just eight players in Major League Baseball with at least 15 home runs and at least 10 stolen bases this season. He is tied for fourth in the National League with 14 go-ahead RBI, while his .346 average with runners in scoring position ranks tenth in the National League.

Signature moments from the first half of Abrams’ season include:

• Recording 14 RBI in the first 10 games of the season, the most by a player to begin a season in Nationals history (2005-pres.).
• An eighth-inning go-ahead home run to propel Washington to 5-4 win and a series victory over the New York Mets at Citi Field on April 30.
• His second career grand slam on May 6 vs. Minnesota, a part of a three-extra-base hit game.
• Slugging .600 with a 1.002 OPS in 23 games from April 28 to May 22, clubbing eight doubles, two triples, four homers and 24 RBI.
• Homering in all three games of the series against the Tampa Bay Rays, June 19-21, his second three-game home run streak of the season.

Abrams is the first Nationals player to start the All-Star Game since Bryce Harper in 2018 and just the fifth player in Nationals history (2005-pres.) to win a fan selection, joining Harper (2013, 2015-18), Daniel Murphy (2017), Ryan Zimmerman (2017) and Alfonso Soriano (2006). He is the first shortstop in Nationals history (2005-pres.) to be selected to more than one All-Star Game.

Wood, 23, leads Major League Baseball with 77 runs scored and 46 extra-base hits and leads the National League in walks (68) and total bases (186). He ranks in the National League in home runs (3^rd, 23), OPS+ (3^rd, 154), RBI (10^th, 56), OPS (3^rd, .931), doubles (T4^th, 22), wOBA (4^th, .391), wRC+ (4^th, 149) slugging percentage (5^th, .538) and on-base percentage (5^th, .393).

Wood – who has started every game this season – is one of two players in Major League Baseball with at least 20 home runs and at least 10 stolen bases and leads MLB with seven leadoff home runs. According to Baseball Savant, he leads Major League Baseball in barrels (50) and is second in average exit velocity (95.3).

Signature moments from the first half of Wood’s season include:

• Slugging .608 with a 1.009 OPS, six doubles and 10 home runs in the first 26 games of the season.
• Being named National League Player of the Week on April 13 after going 12-for-22 (.545) with three doubles, three homers and four consecutive multi-hit games from April 6-12.
• Robbing a second-inning home run and hitting a game-tying eighth-inning three-run home run on April 6 vs. St. Louis.
• Recording four walks and a home run on April 21 vs. Atlanta.
• Hitting an inside-the-park grand slam on May 19 vs. New York (NL). It was his first career grand slam and the second inside-the-park grand slam in Nationals history (2005-pres.).
• An 11-game on-base streak from June 5-16 in which he hit .381 (16-for-42) with a .471 on-base percentage (8 BB) and a .714 slugging percentage (2 2B, 4 HR).