Atlanta Braves (2012–15) The
Atlanta Braves drafted Wood in the second round of the
2012 Major League Baseball draft, and he signed for a
signing bonus of $700,000. He played for the
Rome Braves of the
Class A South Atlantic League in 2012, where he pitched in 13 games, going 4–3 with a 2.22
earned run average (ERA) and 52
strikeouts. He began the 2013 season with the
Mississippi Braves of the
Class AA Southern League. With Mississippi, he was 4–2 with a 1.26 ERA in 57 innings, and with Gwinnett, he was 1–0 with a 1.80 ERA in five innings. He was named an MiLB.com 2013 Organization All Star. That night, in his major league debut, he pitched the ninth inning against the
Toronto Blue Jays. Wood made his first major league start on June 18, 2013, where he allowed one run and earned his first loss. Wood finished the 2014 season with an 11–11 record and a 2.78 ERA in 171.2 innings with 170 strikeouts. Beginning 2015 with Atlanta, Wood was 7–6 with a 3.54 ERA. In 20 starts, he pitched 119.1 innings.
Los Angeles Dodgers (2015–18) On July 30, 2015, in a three-team trade, the
Los Angeles Dodgers acquired Wood,
Mat Latos,
Michael Morse,
Bronson Arroyo,
Jim Johnson,
Luis Avilán, and
José Peraza, while the
Miami Marlins acquired minor league pitchers Victor Araujo,
Jeff Brigham, and Kevin Guzman, and the Braves received
Héctor Olivera,
Paco Rodriguez, minor league pitcher Zachary Bird and a competitive balance draft pick for the
2016 MLB draft. He joined the Dodgers starting rotation and was 5–6 with a 4.35 ERA in 12 starts for them. Wood began 2016 in the Dodgers starting rotation. He made 10 starts in April and May and was 1–4 with a 3.99 ERA. On May 21 against the
San Diego Padres he struck out a career high 13 batters in only six innings of work, the first Dodgers pitcher in history to have struck out that many in so few innings. However, he reported that he was not feeling 100% after a May 30 outing against the
Chicago Cubs. An
MRI exam the next day revealed a posterior impingement in his left elbow, requiring four weeks of rest, and he was placed on the disabled list. On June 16, he reported that the infringement subsided after he had some fluid drained from his elbow and he would be cleared to resume a throwing program a few days earlier than expected. He threw a simulated game against minor league hitters on July 16 and early reports were that it went well. However, shortly afterwards it was determined that he would need elbow debridement surgery, which would cause him to miss an additional two months. He did not rejoin the Dodgers roster until September 20. Overall, he appeared in 14 games for the Dodgers in 2016 (10 starts) and was 1–4 with a 3.73 ERA. He pitched two scoreless innings in that series. After beginning the 2017 season in the bullpen, Wood moved to the rotation after an injury to
Rich Hill. He won the
National League Player of the Week Award for the week of May 8–14 after he pitched 11 scoreless innings with 21 strikeouts over two starts that week. A few weeks later he was also awarded with the
National League Pitcher of the Month Award after he went 5–0 with a 1.27 ERA and 41 strikeouts in May. Wood eventually had his scoreless innings streak snapped at 28 on June 10. On July 5, Wood became the first Dodgers starting pitcher to begin the season 10–0 since
Don Newcombe in
1955. On July 7, Wood was named to the
2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. In 27 appearances for the Dodgers (25 starts and two early season relief appearances) in 2017 he was 16–3 with a 2.72 ERA and struck out 151 batters. For his efforts, Wood received a single vote in 2017
National League Cy Young voting, tying him for ninth place with
Jimmy Nelson. He allowed three runs in 4 innings in his one start in the
2017 NLCS In the off-season, Wood signed a one-year, $6 million contract, avoiding salary arbitration. In 2018, he went 9–7 in 33 appearances (27 starts) with a 3.63 ERA. Wood came down with a back injury in spring training, and missed most of the season on the disabled list. He made seven starts and was 1–3 with a 5.80 ERA. The Dodgers' 2020 season did not begin until late July as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic, and Wood made the start on July 25 against the
San Francisco Giants. He struggled with his command in the outing, only lasting three innings, and was placed on the injured list after the game with left shoulder inflammation. He rejoined the active roster on September 1, though he was reduced to a bullpen role for the rest of the season. Wood appeared in nine games (two starts) on the season, allowing nine earned runs in 12 innings for a career-worst 6.39 ERA, and a career-worst WHIP of 1.816, as he struck out 15 batters. and he pitched scoreless innings in the series. In the 2021 regular season, Wood was 10–4 with a 3.83 ERA. On June 23, 2022, Wood threw his 1,000th career strikeout against
Travis d'Arnaud of the Atlanta Braves. In 2022, he was 8–12 with a 5.10 ERA in 26 starts, and pitched 130.2 innings in which he struck out 131 batters and hit 12 batters (8th in the NL). On March 19, Wood was named the A's opening day starter. Wood took the loss in his Oakland debut, giving up six runs on seven hits and a walk over innings against the
Cleveland Guardians. After nine starts, he was placed on the injured list with left
rotator cuff tendinitis on May 15, and was transferred to the 60–day injured list on June 9. On July 25, it was announced that Wood would require season–ending shoulder surgery. On August 8, 2025, Wood announced his retirement from professional baseball via an
Instagram post. ==Pitching style==