Las Vegas got a look astatine 1 of the Athletics’ young stars, who returned to the squad for the 2nd fractional of its six-game bid successful its aboriginal hometown.
The A’s announced connected Friday that shortstop Jacob Wilson, the team’s 2023 first-round pick, has been reinstated to the progressive roster. Wilson played shortstop and deed 5th successful the A’s lineup Friday against the Colorado Rockies.
“I deliberation the astir important happening was making definite the enarthrosis was successful a bully spot,” Wilson said pregame connected Friday. “It felt great. It’s close wherever we privation it to beryllium and ultimately, that was the determination making of bringing maine backmost for this series.
“I’m conscionable blessed to beryllium back, and it feels good. I consciousness confident.”
The A’s placed Wilson connected the 10-day injured database connected May 12 with a near enarthrosis subluxation. Wilson, the No. 6 wide prime successful the 2023 draft, was hitting .292 with 3 location runs and 19 RBIs for the A’s earlier helium was placed connected the injured list.
“For Jacob, his rehab went well,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said pregame connected Friday. “Most concerns were conscionable however his enarthrosis was going to respond, however the spot was going to travel back. Everything seems to beryllium truly well.
“He’s excited to beryllium here. We’re excited to person him arsenic he’s been a large portion of the radical and the occurrence of the group.”
Rooker ‘wasn’t improving’
To wide up Wilson’s spot, the A’s enactment designated hitter Brent Rooker connected the 10-day injured database with a “bone bruise successful his near knee,” according to a merchandise from the team.
“For us, the genu conscionable wasn’t improving,” Kotsay said. “It wasn’t, for the astir part, staying stable. It was getting worse. From that point, we decided to (put him connected the injured list).”
Rooker did not play successful the A’s wins against the Milwaukee Brewers connected Tuesday and Wednesday astatine Las Vegas Ballpark. Rooker was connected the injured database for 2 weeks successful April with a strained close oblique.
Kostay said Rooker got a cortisone changeable and is hopeful that tin assistance with the healing process.
“The outlook close present is there’s a accidental we get (Rooker) backmost successful 10 days,” Kotsay said. “But we’re going to decidedly marque definite this happening is is healed earlier we marque the determination to enactment him backmost retired there.”
Wilson feels ‘stronger’
Wilson spent 4 games this week with the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators connected a rehab assignment. He watched the 15-14 marathon A’s nonaccomplishment to the Brewers connected Monday, staying up past midnight to ticker the crippled portion with the Aviators connected their roadworthy travel successful Omaha.
“I had to enactment up to support watching it,” said Wilson, who went 2-for-12 successful his stint with the Aviators. “It was unthinkable conscionable seeing what the boys were doing. … We cognize the harm hitter tin bash (at Las Vegas Ballpark), truthful I’m excited to beryllium isolated of that.”
Wilson was an All-Star successful 2025 and finished past twelvemonth with a .311 batting average, 13 location runs and 63 RBIs. He entered Friday with a 79-game errorless streak, which is an A’s grounds for a shortstop.
“It’s been immoderate clip since I got to play (May 10) and it’s ever a large feeling being capable to travel backmost steadfast and travel backmost stronger than erstwhile I left,” Wilson said.
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