Jacob Wilson

Jacob Wilson

23-Year-Old ShortstopSS
Sacramento Athletics
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Wilson rarely strikes out and is a big-league caliber defensive shortstop. Beyond that, he may not bring much to the table. The No. 6 overall pick in 2023, Wilson has only needed around 25 games at each of the three highest levels of the minors en route to his big-league debut just after the All-Star break. He quickly suffered a hamstring strain that kept him out until late-August, so he didn't end up playing enough to exhaust his prospect eligibility. Wilson struck out just over 10 percent of the time at High-A and Double-A and he struck out 4.3 percent of the time at Triple-A and 9.7 percent of the time in the majors. He is an elite contact hitter, but he is also aggressive at the dish, and he needs the pitcher to make a mistake for him to get a ball he can drive out of the park. He had a poor 24.4 percent hard-hit rate and a 22.2 percent soft-hit rate in the minors, and of his eight pro homers in 107 games, three came in the Pacific Coast League bandbox in Las Vegas and one came in the hitter-friendly road park at Amarillo when he as at Double-A. Wilson is hit-over-power to the extreme, and there's little evidence that there's more than 10-15 homer juice in his bat at peak. He's also attempted just eight steals in pro ball, with zero attempted steals in 28 games in the majors. Wilson should play every day and help your batting average while potentially hurting you everywhere else. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a one-year contract with the Athletics in March of 2025.
Returning to lineup
SSSacramento Athletics
July 12, 2025
Wilson (hand) will start at shortstop and bat second Saturday against the Blue Jays.
Analysis
Wilson sat out three consecutive games after taking a pitch off his left hand Tuesday, but he'll manage to make it back for the penultimate game before the All-Star break. The 23-year-old shortstop has gone 3-for-12 with two RBI and a run scored in five games since the beginning of July.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
9
38
3
10
7
4
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
8
5
1
1
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+25%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+22%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+42%
OPS vs LHP
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .943 94 12 2 6 2 .360 .409 .535
Since 2023vs Right .755 375 43 7 39 3 .303 .350 .405
2025vs Left .982 72 9 2 5 2 .394 .437 .545
2025vs Right .802 294 35 7 37 3 .318 .361 .442
2024vs Left .818 22 3 0 1 0 .250 .318 .500
2024vs Right .576 81 8 0 2 0 .250 .313 .264
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+18%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+16%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+16%
OPS at Home
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .858 233 28 5 26 2 .336 .391 .467
Since 2023Away .728 236 27 4 19 3 .294 .333 .394
2025Home .895 192 24 5 24 2 .347 .401 .494
2025Away .774 174 20 4 18 3 .317 .347 .427
2024Home .684 41 4 0 2 0 .289 .341 .342
2024Away .591 62 7 0 1 0 .222 .295 .296
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Jacob Wilson compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.71
 
BB Rate
5.5%
 
K Rate
7.7%
 
BABIP
.342
 
ISO
.129
 
AVG
.332
 
OBP
.375
 
SLG
.462
 
OPS
.837
 
wOBA
.368
 
Exit Velocity
85.2 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
19.4%
 
Barrels/PA
1.9%
 
Expected BA
.287
 
Expected SLG
.367
 
Sprint Speed
23.6 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
53.7%
 
Line Drive %
20.3%
 
Fly Ball %
26.0%
 
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Wilson hit .438 with two doubles, one walk and one strikeout in 16 at-bats during big-league spring training. He slashed .318/.378/.455 with one home run, four steals and a 10.1 percent strikeout rate in 23 games at High-A last season. An extreme hit-over-power shortstop prospect, Wilson does not project to hit for double-digit homer power in the majors, but he has an excellent hit tool and projects as Oakland's shortstop of the future.
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Still sidelined
SSSacramento Athletics
Hand
July 11, 2025
Wilson (hand) is out of the lineup for Friday's game against Toronto.
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Out again Thursday
SSSacramento Athletics
Hand
July 10, 2025
Wilson (hand) isn't in the lineup for Thursday's game against Atlanta.
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Sitting out Wednesday
SSSacramento Athletics
Hand
July 9, 2025
Wilson (hand) isn't in the lineup for Wednesday's game against Atlanta.
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Managing bruised hand
SSSacramento Athletics
Hand
July 8, 2025
Wilson was diagnosed with a left hand contusion after getting hit by a pitch in the bottom of the first inning during Tuesday's 10-1 win over Atlanta, Jessica Kleinschmidt of Baseball America reports.
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Removed after HBP
SSSacramento Athletics
Arm
July 8, 2025
Wilson was removed from Tuesday's game against Atlanta after getting hit on the left arm by a pitch, Jessica Kleinschmidt of Baseball America reports.
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Receives All-Star nod
SSSacramento Athletics
July 3, 2025
Wilson has been selected as the starting shortstop for the American League in the 2025 MLB All-Star Game.
Analysis
The Athletics' shortstop has been an absolute stud in his first full season in the majors, and his .339 batting average ranks second in the Majors behind Aaron Judge's .358 mark. The A's shortstop has cooled off a bit of late and is also dealing with a hamstring injury, but his body of work throughout the campaign has been strong enough to see him included in the starting lineup, as long as he's healthy for the Midsummer Classic. Wilson's 108 hits are also second in the majors behind Judge, and he's third among qualifying shortstops with an .853 OPS.
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