The Athletics locked up a piece of their young core.
All-Star shortstop Jacob Wilson and the A’s reached an agreement on a seven-year extension that includes a club option for a potential eighth year, the team announced on Friday.
The deal is worth $70 million, noti.group’s Joel Sherman confirmed.
Wilson, 23, is coming off a stellar rookie season where he put up a slash line of .311/.355/.444 with 26 doubles and 13 home runs.
Wilson’s .311 batting average was tied for second in the American League with Bo Bichette, trailing just Aaron Judge (.331).
His efforts earned him his first career All-Star appearance as he finished second for American League Rookie of the Year race fellow A’s teammate Nick Kurtz.
Wilson’s extension comes as the Athletics continue to build their young offensive core, with the team already having outfielders Tyler Soderstrom and Lawrence Butler under contract until at least 2030.
The Athletics selected Wilson with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, and he quickly made his way to the big leagues, spending just 83 games in the minors before being called up at the end of 2024.
When speaking to reporters at the end of this past season, Wilson said that it was “an honor” to be in the AL batting title discussion alongside Judge.
“I’ve been trailing that guy all year,” Wilson said in September. “It’s definitely an honor to be in the same category as him with the year he’s had. It’s awesome just to be able to compete with him.
“I’m still a couple of points behind him, but I’m just going out there every day having fun playing baseball with these guys for the last time this season.”
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
