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Chiefs IF Jacob Wilson Selected to 2018 International League All-Star Team

June 27, 2018 - International League (IL1)
Syracuse Mets News Release


Syracuse Chiefs IF Jacob Wilson was selected to the 2018 International League All-Star Team that will compete against the Pacific Coast League's All-Stars at Huntington Park in Columbus, OH on Wednesday, July 11th at 7:00 p.m. The selection marks Wilson's second career All-Star nod, his first since being named a Midwest League All-Star with Peoria (A-Cardinals) in 2013.

Wilson has put together a career year with Syracuse in 2018. The 27-year-old has been in the top ten in the International League in average for nearly a month and a half now, entering today hitting .303 in 56 games with Syracuse, the seventh-best I.L. average among qualifiers. Wilson leads the Chiefs with 19 doubles, along with a triple, three home runs, 31 RBIs, and team bests in on-base percentage (.364) and slugging percentage (.453). In a remarkable 41-game stretch from May 7th-June 23rd, Wilson was second in the I.L. with a .342 average in 41 games, with 16 doubles, a .392 on-base percentage and .497 slugging percentage.

Wilson is in his first year in the Washington Nationals organization, after he was selected in the Triple-A phase of the Rule 5 draft this December from St. Louis. Wilson began the season with Double-A Harrisburg before he was promoted to Syracuse on April 23rd.

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