James Wood grew up collecting baseball cards. Now, at only 23 years old, Wood is the cover athlete of the 2025 Topps Chrome Update Series, which hits stores Dec. 10.

After sharing the cover three times, this marks the first time Wood is featured solo on a Topps box.

Within the set is Wood’s MLB Debut Patch autograph card, along with the Debut Patch of Wood’s teammate Dylan Crews, and Nick Kurtz, Jacob Wilson, Roki Sasaki, Marcelo Mayer, Kristian Campbell, Cam Smith, Drake Baldwin and Matt Shaw.

MLB.com spoke to Wood about the exclusive honor of being the cover athlete of the 2025 Topps Chrome Update Series, his memories of card collecting and the example he hopes to set in this role.

MLB.com: With cards gaining so much popularity in recent years with younger fans, what does it mean to

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