Patrick Wisdom

Patrick Wisdom

32-Year-Old Third Baseman3B
Chicago Cubs
10-Day IL
Injury Back
Est. Return 4/19/2024
2024 Fantasy Outlook
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. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
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$Signed a one-year, $2.725 million contract with the Cubs in November of 2023.
Begins rehab in Triple-A
3BChicago Cubs
Back
April 6, 2024
Wisdom (back) began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Iowa on Saturday, Andy Martinez of Marquee Sports Network reports.
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Wisdom landed on the injured list just before Opening Day and has now been cleared to test his back in a game setting. The Cubs haven't indicated how long they plan on keeping the 32-year-old in Triple-A, but he remains on track to return sometime around mid-April.
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+18%
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .832 271 35 20 38 6 .234 .307 .525
Since 2022vs Right .707 565 75 28 74 6 .193 .289 .418
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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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Since 2022Home .730 391 50 25 57 5 .191 .287 .443
Since 2022Away .764 445 60 23 55 7 .220 .302 .462
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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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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Could be expendable?
3BChicago Cubs
June 27, 2023
Wisdom is listed as a potential trade candidate by Jim Bowden of The Athletic.
ANALYSIS
Wisdom is currently on the IL due to a sprained wrist, but the 31-year-old was struggling mightily before the wrist injury. Hitting just .141 over 31 contests since the beginning of May, Wisdom would likely need get hot upon his return in order to net any substantial value for the Cubs. He'll be arbitration eligible this offseason.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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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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Goes on IL
3BChicago Cubs
Back
March 28, 2024
The Cubs placed Wisdom (back) on the 10-day injured list Thursday.
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Will open season on IL
3BChicago Cubs
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March 22, 2024
Wisdom (back) will open the season on the injured list, Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune reports.
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Awaiting imaging results
3BChicago Cubs
Back
March 20, 2024
Wisdom (back) has not shown improvement in the past few days, and the team is awaiting imaging results to determine next steps, MLB.com reports.
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Managing back issue
3BChicago Cubs
Back
March 17, 2024
Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Sunday that Wisdom, who hasn't seen game action since Wednesday, is dealing with a back injury, Andy Martinez of Marquee Sports Network reports.
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Back in lineup
3BChicago Cubs
March 9, 2024
Wisdom (quadriceps) is in the Cubs' lineup for Saturday's spring training game against the Rockies.
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