Easter Elephant Has Been Hiding Wins
FORT MYERS, FL - MARCH 27: A person dressed as the Easter Bunny walks on the field prior to the spring training game between the Boston Red Sox and the Boston Red Sox at JetBlue Park on March 27, 2016 in Fort Myers, Florida. The Red Sox defeated the Phillies 5-1. (Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images) | Getty Images He lays huge eggs and bounds around the garden hiding them while trumpeting loudly and splashing in the water from the nearby sprinkler.
Yes he’s the famous and beloved Easter Elephant and the A’s are but 2-6 as the calendar hits his special day. Let’s go inside a couple numbers to see why or how the A’s have stumbled so mightily out of the gate. Some primary culprits include… Jacob Wilson It’s not often a player ranks in the 1st percentile in 4 different Statcast categories out of the 13 listed, but Fidgety Guy is an extremist.
As in last season his batting average was extremely high but this year his slash line is a putrid . 212/. 212/.
303 for a reason. It’s not necessarily alarming for Wilson to be in the 1st percentile for “bat speed” as he ranked exactly there in his superb 2025 rookie season. Wilson’s “barrel rate” is also 1st percentile — last year it was 6th percentile.
What’s concerning is that his “chase rate” was 22nd percentile last season and so far this year it’s … 1st percentile. And then there’s “BB percentage”. Hard to get lower than 0%, which lands Wilson in the 1st percentile in yet another category.
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