Player Review: Brett Wisely

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports2023 stats: 51 G, 131 PA, .175/.231/.267 (.498 OPS), 6.9 BB%, 30.5 K%, 38 wRC+

The fact that we’re talking about Brett Wisely right now is a bit problematic. If you were to go back in time to last January and whisper in the ear of your past self that Brett Wisely would get 130 plate appearances in 2023, you’d probably slump your shoulders and nod numbly in knowing defeat. It’s not a ton, but more than enough. Chances are Wisely logging nearly 245 defensive innings at second base and nearly 100 in the outfield indicates the San Francisco Giants’ season didn’t quite go as planned.

The plan was Thairo Estrada not fracturing his hand; the plan was to have centerfield…