It’s been over nine years since Jacob Wilson made his professional debut in the minor leagues, and since then he’s come to the plate over 3,700 times at various levels of competition and in multiple countries. His 31st birthday is next week.
On Tuesday, he finally earned his first career MLB hit.
Wilson was picked in the 10th round of the 2012 draft by the Cardinals and spent a half-dozen years touring their farm system, then moved to the Nationals organization for a couple seasons and later played a stint in Korea. The Oakland A’s picked him up last winter and stashed him in Triple-A, where he played great for Las Vegas, and a couple weeks ago he got his first call-up to the majors.