Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty ImagesThe Texas Rangers traded infielder/outfielder Drew Robinson to the St. Louis Cardinals today for third baseman Patrick Wisdom, the team announced today. Both players were on the 40 man roster.
Wisdom, 27, is a former first round draft pick (selected 52nd overall by St. Louis in 2012) out of St. Mary’s, one pick before the Rangers selected Collin Wiles. Wisdom had seemed to have stalled out with difficult seasons in AA in 2014-15 and AAA in 2016, but he had a solid year in 2017 for AAA Memphis, then built on it in 2018 with a .288/.363/.480 slash line in the minors that earned him a major league callup, where he hit .260/.362/.520 for the Cards. Wisdom…
