A’s Jacob Wilson Doesn’t Swing And Miss

When A’s shortstop Jacob Wilson came off the injured list in late June, he was hitting .375 for Triple-A Las Vegas. Nine games later, he’s hitting .446. Wilson went 4-for-5 on Saturday with a pair of doubles. It was his second four-hit game of the past two weeks and he’s hit safely in all nine games since he returned. But that doesn’t explain how exceptional Wilson has been. In those nine games, Wilson has 20 hits, five doubles and four home runs. He’s struck out once. But even that doesn’t explain it. While getting 20 hits and nine extra-base hits, Wilson has only swung and missed three times in 45 plate appearances. Carson Seymour got Wilson to swing and miss on a sinker in Wilson’s first at-bat of his second game back. Carson Whisenhunt fooled him with a changeup on June 30. River Ryan got a swinging strike on a first-pitch cutter on July 3. That’s the entirety of Wilson’s swings-and-misses in nine incredibly productive games.