{"id":547525,"date":"2026-01-31T11:53:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T11:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/547525\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T11:53:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T11:53:25","slug":"athletics-sign-jacob-wilson-to-team-friendly-extension-after-stellar-rookie-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/547525\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics Sign Jacob Wilson to Team-Friendly Extension After Stellar Rookie Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5v\">It appears Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson won\u2019t have to worry about arbitration anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5y\">The Sacramento-based team is signing Wilson to a seven-year contract extension worth $70 million, according to a Friday afternoon report from <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeffPassan\/status\/2017323667215073474?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN\u2019s Jeff Passan.<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"61\">The phenomenally team-friendly deal would put Wilson, 23, under contract through the 2033 season with a club option for 2034. If he doesn\u2019t sign the extension, Wilson would be eligible for arbitration in 2028, 2029 and 2030; he\u2019d also make just $760,000 in 2025.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"64\">In \u201825, his rookie year, Wilson slashed .311\/.355\/.444 with 13 home runs and 63 RBIs. He started the All-Star Game and finished as the Rookie of the Year runner-up to his teammate, first baseman Nick Kurtz. Improving a bit on their abominable play in their final years in Oakland under much-maligned owner John Fisher, the Athletics finished 76-86 a year ago for their best record since 2021.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"67\">Notably, the deal ensures Wilson will be on the roster in 2028, when the team is due to relocate from Sacramento to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>More MLB on Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It appears Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson won\u2019t have to worry about arbitration anytime soon. The Sacramento-based team is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2391],"tags":[537,5,4,3226],"class_list":{"0":"post-547525","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-athletics","8":"tag-athletics","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-mlb-athletics"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115989578309628744","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}