WSJF Prioritization Tradeoffs

Understanding how Weighted Shortest Job First models economic tradeoffs in backlog ordering.

A team uses Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) to order the Product Backlog. Item A has a Cost of Delay of 24 and a job size of 8; Item B has a Cost of Delay of 15 and a job size of 3. A stakeholder insists Item A be prioritized first because its total business value is higher. What is the most accurate critique of this reasoning under WSJF?