The Oakland Athletics took Jacob Wilson with the sixth overall pick in the 2023 MLB draft, then handed him $5.5 million to sign with them, immediately making him one of the most important people in an organization looking to build back respectability. Wilson was a standout at Grand Canyon University, striking out only five times as a senior and posting an OPS north of 1.000 in his sophomore and junior seasons. He was widely considered a top 10 lock for the draft, and Oakland made him the first selected outside of a frontrunning top five group of prospects.
Jacob Wilson is proving the Athletics right
