Back in 2018, the D-Backs took a flyer on Wyatt Mathisen after Pittsburgh declined to retain him. The Pirates’ decision followed an adjusted swing that he hoped would increase his power, but it failed to materialize much of the potential laid upon him. Drafted all the way back in 2012 out of Calallen High School (Texas), the second-rounder was very highly touted in a talented Pirates’ farm system, including a #6 ranking in 2013.
Mathisen quickly realized some of the potential that had always flashed underneath in 2019 at Reno where he posted a .288/.412/.592 slash line, an OPS just north of 1.