With the MLB amateur draft just a couple months away, we continue looking at some potential targets for the Kansas City Royals. The Royals will have the eighth overall pick in this year’s draft. Today we’ll look at a college shortstop with standout contact skills: Grand Canyon’s Jacob Wilson.
Wilson, the son of 12-year big leaguer Jack Wilson, played prep ball at Thousand Oaks High School in California. He was known as a solid contact hitter and middle-infield defender, but he wasn’t heavily recruited by power-conference programs. He ended up choosing Grand Canyon University, a private university in Phoenix that had become Division I just six years prior under head coach Andy Stankiewicz.