Jacob Wilson

Jacob Wilson

24-Year-Old ShortstopSS
Sacramento Athletics
60-Day IL
Injury Shoulder
Est. Return 3/1/2027
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Wilson was looking like a fantasy league winner after slashing .339/.380/.473 with nine home runs, 40 RBI and 42 runs scored through the first three months of the 2025 season. The unexpected power didn't stick, though, and he also missed time with a fractured forearm, hitting .257/.307/.389 with four long balls across his final 44 games of the season. Wilson is basically the right-handed version of Luis Arraez. He offers very little power and speed, but the 24-year-old is built to hit for average, sporting a strikeout rate in the 100th percentile and squared-up rate in the 97th percentile in 2025. Wilson could also be a non-zero in the home run department again simply due to Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, where he slashed .328/.385/.489 with seven homers last season. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a seven-year, $70 million contract extension with the Athletics in January of 2026. Contract includes $26 million team option ($2 million buyout) for 2033.
Scheduled for surgery
SSSacramento Athletics
Shoulder
August 28, 2026
Wilson will undergo surgery on his left shoulder Sept. 16, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.
Analysis
Wilson landed on the injured list last Friday due to soreness related to a shoulder separation he suffered earlier in the season, and he'll opt to go under the knife to address the issue. His procedure will be similar to the one teammate Zack Gelof underwent last September, and assuming Wilson also has a similar return timeline, he figures to be fully healthy by the time the 2027 campaign begins.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
6
2
4
25
5
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
20
4
3
8
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+3%
OPS vs LHP
2026
 
 
+10%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+10%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+42%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024vs Left .758 254 32 6 23 3 .286 .321 .437
Since 2024vs Right .735 709 78 14 80 6 .289 .334 .402
2026vs Left .642 115 13 2 12 1 .241 .272 .370
2026vs Right .707 222 24 5 25 3 .278 .311 .396
2025vs Left .862 117 16 4 10 2 .336 .371 .491
2025vs Right .781 406 46 9 53 3 .303 .351 .431
2024vs Left .818 22 3 0 1 0 .250 .318 .500
2024vs Right .576 81 8 0 2 0 .250 .313 .264
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+18%
OPS at Home
2026
 
 
+12%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+20%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+16%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024Home .804 462 58 11 62 4 .307 .359 .445
Since 2024Away .684 501 52 9 41 5 .272 .304 .380
2026Home .726 164 23 4 22 2 .279 .323 .403
2026Away .647 173 14 3 15 2 .253 .273 .373
2025Home .875 257 31 7 38 2 .328 .385 .489
2025Away .728 266 31 6 25 3 .295 .326 .402
2024Home .684 41 4 0 2 0 .289 .341 .342
2024Away .591 62 7 0 1 0 .222 .295 .296
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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
0.31
 
BB Rate
3.6%
 
K Rate
11.6%
 
BABIP
.284
 
ISO
.122
 
AVG
.266
 
OBP
.298
 
SLG
.388
 
OPS
.685
 
wOBA
.302
 
Exit Velocity
84.3 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
24.0%
 
Barrels/PA
0.9%
 
Expected BA
.267
 
Expected SLG
.339
 
Sprint Speed
23.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
50.5%
 
Line Drive %
20.8%
 
Fly Ball %
28.7%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2025
2024
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.
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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Shifts to 60-day IL
SSSacramento Athletics
Shoulder
August 25, 2026
The Athletics transferred Wilson (shoulder) to the 60-day injured list Tuesday.
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Officially sent to IL
SSSacramento Athletics
Shoulder
August 21, 2026
The Athletics placed Wilson (shoulder) on the 10-day injured list Friday.
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Likely out for remainder of season
SSSacramento Athletics
Shoulder
August 20, 2026
Wilson (shoulder) is expected to be placed on the 10-day injured list Friday and is unlikely to return this season, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.
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Remains out Thursday
SSSacramento Athletics
Shoulder
August 20, 2026
Wilson (shoulder) remains out of the lineup for Thursday's game versus the Royals.
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On bench for third consecutive game
SSSacramento Athletics
Shoulder
August 19, 2026
Wilson (shoulder) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Royals.
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Likely done for season
SSSacramento Athletics
August 20, 2026
Wilson is expected to return to the injured list and is likely done for the remainder of the 2026 season due to ongoing issues with his left shoulder, according to Martin Gallegos of MLB.com.
Analysis
It's a disappointing end to what had been another promising campaign for the 24-year-old, whose shoulder problems have lingered since he suffered a subluxation earlier this season. If he ultimately requires surgery, the focus will shift toward ensuring he's fully healthy for the start of the 2027 season. Despite the setback, Wilson remains one of the Athletics' cornerstone players after signing a seven-year extension worth $70 million in January this year.
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