It is not often rookies who are pushing 30 years old set team records, but Chicago Cubs infielder Patrick Wisdom did just that with his 27th home run of the season, eclipsing the previous mark set by Kris Bryant back in 2015.
Unlike Bryant, who was expected to shatter records with an insane amount of hype surrounding his arrival, Wisdom’s breakout was completely out of the blue. We’re talking about a guy who was drafted back in 2012 and had played in a grand total of 43 MLB games prior to 2021.
Wisdom was barely on anyone’s radar going into 2021.