{"id":92171,"date":"2024-12-15T05:20:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T10:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=92171"},"modified":"2024-12-15T05:20:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T10:20:32","slug":"former-cubs-patrick-wisdom-signed-kbo-kia-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/12\/15\/former-cubs-patrick-wisdom-signed-kbo-kia-tigers\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Cubs Corner Infielder Heads to the KBO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes it just doesn&#8217;t work out for a player in MLB. A player can be a flash in the pan or a<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/09\/20\/former-cardinals-first-round-pick\/\" target=\"_self\"> first-round pick in the MLB Draft<\/a> that doesn&#8217;t live up to the billing. That is exactly what happened to one Cubs free agent. According to Jeeho Yoo of Yonhap News, Patrick Wisdom signed a deal with the reigning KBO champs, the Kia Tigers, and will head to Korea next season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8216;Patrick Wisdom to the KBO champs Kia Tigers&#8217; deal is still pending physical. Could just be a formality. Wisdom should bring legit power to a team that led the KBO in slugging percentage (also runs &amp; hits) in 2024.<br \/>\nThey also had the fewest Ks but maybe Wisdom won&#8217;t help there \ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeeho Yoo (@Jeeho_1) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jeeho_1\/status\/1868091809622331636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Wisdom&#8217;s Time in MLB<\/h2>\n<p>Wisdom, 33, is a former first-round pick by the St. Louis Cardinals. He held plenty of promise coming up to the majors. However, it took a while for him to surface after being drafted in 2012. He would make his major league debut in 2018 with the Cardinals but bounced back and forth to the minors. Wisdom signed a minor league deal with the Cubs in August of 2020 after being released by the Seattle Mariners. He found a footing with the Cubs in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the year Kris Bryant was traded to the San Francisco Giants, opening up a spot over at the hot corner for Wisdom to take over. He had a decent run from 2021-2023 and showed flashes of what made him a first-round pick, but sustained success was fleeting for Wisdom. The slugger couldn&#8217;t cut down on the strikeouts, fanning in 36.5% of the time, which was second in all of MLB from 2021-2024 only to Joey Gallo. This led him to cede playing time to the likes of Christopher Morel and Nick Madrigal. After adding<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/07\/31\/cubs-trade-nationals-candelario\/\" target=\"_self\"> Jeimer Candelario at the trade deadline<\/a> in 2023, it was clear Wisdom was now a bench bat.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs decided to non-tender Wisdom this offseason.<\/p>\n<h2>Wisdom Signed with the Kia Tigers of the KBO<\/h2>\n<p>While he couldn&#8217;t find success in MLB, Wisdom signed a deal to head to Korea. This league is typically void of sluggers, and usually, foreign players anchor lineups. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/09\/19\/dodgers-shohei-ohtani-first-ever-50-50-season\/\" target=\"_self\">top home run hitter<\/a> in the KBO was another former first-round pick, Matthew Davidson. He hit 46 home runs, with the next closest being Kim Do-yeong with 38.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers are the reigning KBO champions and led the league in slugging. However, they might be looking to fill a void being left by another failed prospect. KBO teams are only allowed to roster three foreign players at a time and can only sign them for one-year deals. This past season, they had Socrates Brito anchoring their lineup. With some teams interested in signing Socrates Brito &#8211; another failed prospect &#8211; the Tigers were looking to add a new slugger. Brito offered a .875 OPS with 26 home runs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes it just doesn&#8217;t work out for a player in MLB. A player can be a flash in the pan or a first-round pick in the MLB Draft that doesn&#8217;t live up to the billing. That is exactly what happened to one Cubs free agent. 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