Patrick Wisdom

33-Year-Old Third Baseman3B

Free Agent Foreign

2024 Stats

AVG

.171

RBI

2025 Projections

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2025 Fantasy Outlook

After a few strong seasons, Wisdom fell off in 2024. Injuries played a part, as the 33-year-old had a delayed start to his year due to a back issue that hampered him during spring training. However, Chicago also got deeper at the corner infield and outfield spots, which is where Wisdom spends most of his time. With the likes of Cody Bellinger, Michael Busch and Isaac Paredes in the infield, as well as Seiya Suzuki and Ian Happ in the outfield, Wisdom's role was reduced last season, and the Cubs ended up letting him go in the offseason. At his best, the veteran provides good power, as he tallied 76 home runs from 2021 through 2023. He slipped to just eight long balls across 75 games last season, and his OPS fell more than 100 points from a year earlier. Finding a new home where he can see regular playing time in 2025 is key, but at this point, Wisdom seems to be nothing more than a depth piece who isn't worth a ton of fantasy attention. Read Past Outlooks

League Foreign

Bats R

Throws R

40 Man No

Height 6'2"

Weight 210

DOB 8/27/1991

Drafted 2012

Headed for Korea

3BFree Agent F

December 14, 2024

Wisdom signed with the Kia Tigers of the Korea Baseball Organization on Saturday.

ANALYSIS
The Cubs moved on from Wisdom earlier this offseason, non-tendering him after he slashed .171/.237/.392 with eight homers, 23 RBI and five stolen bases in 75 games. He had slugged at least 20 home runs in each of the three previous seasons, and he'll now head overseas with hopes of re-establishing himself at the plate.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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vs RHP

vs Left-Handed Pitchers

vs LHP

Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2022

+11%

OPS vs LHP

2024

Even Split

2023

+5%

OPS vs RHP

2022

+34%

OPS vs LHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022vs Left	.776	374	45	24	55	10	.220	.292	.484
Since 2022vs Right	.698	636	81	32	80	7	.188	.281	.418
2024vs Left	.629	103	10	4	17	4	.183	.252	.376
2024vs Right	.630	71	6	4	6	1	.154	.214	.415
2023vs Left	.769	130	17	10	18	2	.217	.277	.492
2023vs Right	.805	172	26	13	28	2	.196	.298	.507
2022vs Left	.892	141	18	10	20	4	.250	.336	.556
2022vs Right	.665	393	49	15	46	4	.191	.285	.380
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2022

+10%

OPS on Road

2024

+42%

OPS on Road

2023

+13%

OPS at Home

2022

+15%

OPS on Road

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022Home	.691	475	56	28	64	7	.183	.272	.419
Since 2022Away	.760	535	70	28	71	10	.215	.296	.463
2024Home	.519	84	6	3	7	2	.152	.202	.316
2024Away	.738	90	10	5	16	3	.190	.270	.468
2023Home	.845	137	24	13	26	2	.190	.301	.543
2023Away	.746	165	19	10	20	2	.217	.279	.467
2022Home	.671	254	26	12	31	3	.191	.280	.391
2022Away	.774	280	41	13	35	5	.221	.315	.459
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Stat Review

How does Patrick Wisdom compare to other hitters?

This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.

BB/K
Walk to strikeout ratio
BB Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
K Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
BABIP
Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
ISO
Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
AVG
Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
OBP
On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
SLG
Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
OPS
On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
wOBA
Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
Exit Velocity
The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
Hard Hit Rate
A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
Barrels/PA
The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
Expected BA
Expected Batting Average.
Expected SLG
Expected Slugging Percentage.
Sprint Speed
The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
Ground Ball %
The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
Line Drive %
The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
Fly Ball %
The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.

BB/K

0.17

BB Rate

5.7%

K Rate

33.9%

BABIP

.207

ISO

.222

AVG

.171

OBP

.237

SLG

.392

OPS

.629

wOBA

.275

Exit Velocity

90.9 mph

Hard Hit Rate

29.7%

Barrels/PA

9.2%

Expected BA

.184

Expected SLG

.419

Sprint Speed

23.6 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

25.0%

Line Drive %

9.0%

Fly Ball %

66.0%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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At this point in his career, Wisdom has settled in as a fairly predictable player. He's going to hit for power but likely not do much else. In 2023, Wisdom popped 23 home runs in just 97 games, giving him 20 or more long balls in each of the last three seasons. He also batted below .210 for the second straight year, and he's now just a .214 career hitter. Wisdom continued to swing and miss a lot, as he struck out nearly 37% of the time last year, but he walked nearly 10% of the time as well. Add it all up, and the 32-year-old is basically a three-true-outcomes player. The ability to hit the ball over the wall is nice, but there are plenty of corner infielders who do that and more, which makes Wisdom a limited fantasy option. Plus, he could be squeezed out of a regular role in Chicago by the likes of Matt Mervis and Nick Madrigal. Wisdom is worth rostering if he's playing regularly and hot at the plate, though he may not be someone you can count on all season.

Wisdom continued to be a boom-or-bust fantasy option in 2022. A year after turning heads with 28 home runs, he followed it up with 25 long balls. However, Wisdom struggled to make consistent contact, as he batted just .207 and struck out 34.3 percent of the time. In 2021, he struck out more than 40 percent of the time. Going forward, it looks like fantasy managers will simply need to sacrifice batting average for power if they decide to roster Wisdom. He did at least show a slight uptick in stolen bases, as he registered a career-high eight stolen bases on 12 attempts, which was also easily a career best. That's not a huge number, but if he can get to 10 steals or more, it would give a little more depth to his game. Wisdom will turn 32 during the 2023 season, so even if he does run a bit more, he's unlikely to change too much as a player. The power is nice, but there are definitely more complete fantasy options available for the corner outfield spots.

Wisdom fell short of accumulating even 100 major-league plate appearances from 2018-20. The 29-year-old then got a chance to show what he could do last season and what he showed was a propensity to hit home runs and strike out. There were a ton of strikeouts. Like record setting. He is the only hitter with a strikeout rate over 40% since 1887 (min. 300 PA). When he finally makes contact, he has all the traits to generate home runs. He hits the ball in the air (31.4 GB%) and hits the ball hard (92nd percentile maxEV). He pulls the ball into short outfield corners (56.8 Pull%). The formula worked for a while, but the league adjusted to his fast start by staying out of the strike zone and making him chase pitches. The strikeout rate is a major drag on his entire profile; Wisdom will be tough to roster unless he shaves at least 10 percentage points off it.

Wisdom was called up for the first time shortly before his 27th birthday and posted an impressive .260/.362/.520 line in a small sample of 58 plate appearances for the Cardinals. That performance was good for a 141 wRC+, though he'll have to continue hitting for power if he's to maintain a mark anywhere near that level, as he struck out a worrisome 32.8% of the time. He'd never posted a slugging percentage as high as .520 at any minor-league stop, though he did slug .507 while hitting 31 homers in 127 games for Triple-A Memphis in 2017. Traded to Texas in December, Wisdom is now on a team in a hitter-friendly park with less competition for at-bats, so it's not inconceivable that he could have some sleeper value this year.

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Let go by Cubs

3BFree Agent F

November 22, 2024

Wisdom was non-tendered by the Cubs on Friday, Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune reports.