{"id":91129,"date":"2025-08-23T11:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/91129\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T11:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:59:12","slug":"as-activate-jacob-wilson-from-injured-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/91129\/","title":{"rendered":"A’s Activate Jacob Wilson From Injured List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jacob Wilson<\/a> returns to action nearly a month after suffering a forearm fracture. The A\u2019s activated the rookie shortstop from the 10-day injured list. He\u2019s hitting fifth against Seattle starter Bryan Woo<\/a>. The A\u2019s optioned\u00a0Max Schuemann<\/a> to Triple-A Las Vegas in a corresponding move. They also made a couple changes on the pitching staff. Eduarniel N\u00fa\u00f1ez<\/a> and\u00a0Joey Estes<\/a> are up from Triple-A as\u00a0Ben Bowden<\/a>\u00a0(lat strain) and Jack Perkins<\/a> (shoulder strain) land on the 15-day injured list.<\/p>\n

Wilson\u2019s return is the most significant of those moves. The 2023 sixth overall pick had an outstanding first half. He\u2019s hitting .312\/.354\/.439 with 10 longballs and 17 doubles. Wilson had struggled a bit in July but hit .323 or better in each of the season\u2019s first three months. His return won\u2019t mean much in the standings with the A\u2019s sitting 11 games below .500, but they\u2019re obviously a much better team when he\u2019s in the lineup.<\/p>\n

At the time of his injury, Wilson was the frontrunner for American League Rookie of the Year. Teammate Nick Kurtz<\/a> has mashed his way to that spot and probably has the award all but secure at this point. Wilson still easily leads MLB rookies with 115 hits. He has a shot to finish in second for the award, though Boston\u2019s Roman Anthony<\/a> and the Yankees\u2019\u00a0Will Warren<\/a> are among those who also have reasonable arguments for that spot.<\/p>\n

Anthony would earn a full year of service if he manages a top two finish. While he already signed a long-term extension with the Red Sox, that\u2019d be important for his earning power considering his deal has significant escalators<\/a> dependent on his Rookie of the Year placement. The ROY finish is less meaningful for Wilson. He has been on the MLB roster since Opening Day and will get a full service year either way. He cannot earn the A\u2019s an extra draft choice by winning the award, however, because he entered this year with more than 60 days of service. Wilson spent five weeks on the MLB injured list late last season with a hamstring strain, which is why he had that much service time while remaining Rookie of the Year eligible.<\/p>\n

Darell Hernaiz<\/a> was called up when Wilson went on the shelf. The 24-year-old has turned in a solid .261\/.337\/.420 slash in 20 games. That\u2019s enough to hold his roster spot. Hernaiz had played shortstop while Wilson was down but moves to second base tonight. He\u2019ll probably get everyday run there, kicking impending free agent Luis Ur\u00edas<\/a> to the bench.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacob Wilson returns to action nearly a month after suffering a forearm fracture. The A\u2019s activated the rookie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[53653,49,48,53654,53655,25122,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-91129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ben-bowden","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-darell-hernaiz","12":"tag-jack-perkins","13":"tag-jacob-wilson-b-2002","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}