Jerry Dipoto continued his silent war against beat reporters today, acquiring Matt Wisler from the Padres for cash and forcing reporters to momentarily put down their Fourth of July barbecue to tweet about Matt Wisler.
Wisler is somehow only 26, despite having made his MLB debut way back in 2015 for Atlanta. I remember adding him to my fantasy team that year, full of hope and promise, only to see him post an FIP near 5 and strike out absolutely nobody. Things didn’t much improve for the 6’3” righty from there. He floundered around between MLB and Triple-A for the Braves for the next two years before being traded to the Reds in 2018, who DFA’d him before the beginning of this season.