Jacob Tyler Wilson was originally signed by A’s scout Dillon Tung…Graduated from Thousand Oaks High School, where his father, Jack, was the head coach…His father played 12 seasons in the Majors with the Pirates (2001-09), Mariners (2009-11) and Braves (2011-12), and hit .265 with 61 home runs and 426 RBI in 1,370 games…Jacob played collegiately at Grand Canyon University, where he was a three-time All-WAC First Team honoree and the 2023 WAC Defensive Player of the Year…Hit .360 with 22 home runs and 152 RBI in 154 games in three seasons with the Antelopes and struck out just 31 times in 694 plate appearances (22.4 plate appearances per strikeout).
2024
Began the season at Double-A Midland but made both his Triple-A and Major League debuts at the age of 22…Hit .250 with three RBI in 28 games with the A’s...Was selected from Las Vegas on July 19 and went 1-for-1 that day before leaving the game after three innings with a hamstring injury…Returned to Oakland on Aug. 27...Struck out just 10 times in 103 plate appearances, an average of 10.30 plate appearances per strikeout…That was the fifth-best mark in the Majors among players with 100 or more plate appearances...Hit .250 (5-for-20) with an .818 OPS against left-handed pitchers, .250 (18-for-72) with a .576 OPS against right-handers...Batted .308 with the bases empty, .111 with runners on…Hit .111 with runners in scoring position...Had a .103 batting average with two strikes…Was 9-for-16 (.563) with a triple when putting the first pitch in play...Made 27 starts, all at shortstop…Did not commit an error in 101 total chances, which were the most in the Majors among shortstops with no errors…They were the most by an A’s shortstop with no errors since Rafael Bournigal had 140 in 1998...Started games in each of the bottom four spots in the order and also made two starts batting leadoff...Combined to hit .433 with 48 runs, 28 doubles, seven home runs, 39 RBI and a 1.141 OPS in 53 games with Triple-A Las Vegas, Double-A Midland and the A’s affiliate in the Arizona Complex League...Among Minor League players with 200 or more plate appearances, he had the best batting average, ranked second in OPS and slugging percentage (.668) and fourth in on-base percentage (.473)...Tied for sixth in the A’s farm system in doubles (28)...Struck out just 15 times in 226 plate appearances, an average of 15.1 plate appearances per strikeout…Now has 26 strikeouts in 337 career plate appearances as a Minor Leaguer (13 pa/so)...Batted .447 (21-for-47) with a 1.086 OPS against left-handed pitchers, .429 (69-for-161) with all seven of his home runs and a 1.158 OPS against right-handers...Had a .460 batting average with runners in scoring position…Was 6-for-12 (.500) with a home run and 13 RBI with the bases loaded...Hit a combined .536 in his home ballparks (.750 at Fitch Park, .571 at Momentum Bank Ballpark, .463 at Las Vegas Ballpark)…Had a .363 average on the road...Batted .500 in the seventh inning or later...Combined for a .352 batting average with two strikes at Las Vegas and Midland...Made 46 starts at shortstop and six at designated hitter…Committed seven errors for a .955 fielding percentage...Hit .431 with a .467 on-base percentage in 40 starts in the leadoff spot…Also made nine starts batting second and three hitting third.
2023
The A’s 2023 first round draft pick began his career with the A’s affiliate in the Arizona Complex League and went 5-for-11 (.455) in three games before he was moved up to High-A Lansing…hit .318 in 23 games with the Lugnuts and combined for a .333 batting average, 11 doubles, one home run, 13 RBI and an .866 OPS in 26 games...Struck out just 11 times in 111 plate appearances, an average of 10.09 plate appearances per strikeout...Batted .333 (8-for-24) with his lone home run against left-handed pitchers and .333 (25-for75) against right-handers...Had a .308 batting average with runners in scoring position...Hit .367 in the seventh inning or later and connected for his only home run in the ninth inning...Started 23 games at shortstop and two at designated hitter…committed three errors for a .970 fielding percentage...Batted second 22 times, first three times and ninth once...Was rated as the A’s No. 1 prospect by MiLB.com following the season.
