If Patrick Wisdom sounds like the name of a guy the Cardinals just conjured out of the ether to terrorize the Cubs, that’s because he is. Except in this case, the magic is working in the other direction. The 29-year-old Wisdom was the 52nd overall pick in the 2012 draft and spent parts of seven seasons in the St. Louis organization and made his MLB debut in 2018 before being traded to the Rangers for outfielder Drew Robinson.
That in itself is interesting because Robinson, now at the Triple-A level with the Giants, is playing baseball again after a suicide attempt in April of 2020 left him without his right eye.