"KIA failed to renew contract → Minor bombing." Wisdom is crazy! Home run again, 9 home runs in 13 games. Is this for real

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Patrick Wisdom (35, Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers under the Seattle Mariners), who hit 35 home runs in the KBO League KIA Tigers in the 2025 season and was notified that he could not renew his contract, is devastating the U.S. minor league stage.

Wisdom started as the fourth batter and first baseman in an away game against the Sugar Land Space Cowboys under the Houston Astros at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas, on the 11th (Korea time) and scored two hits, one RBI and one run in four at-bats, including his ninth home run of the season.

Wisdom, who stepped down with a fly ball to right field in his first at-bat on the day, finished preheating by hitting a left-handed hit in the top of the fourth inning with one out and no runners. It was in the top of the sixth inning that the home run was activated. Wisdom, who entered the batter's box with two outs and no runners at 0-0, drew a solo arch over the right-center fence by hitting a 95.5-mile (about 154km) four-seam fastball on the third pitch of the opponent's starter Peter Lambert with one ball-1 strike.

Last year, Wisdom played in 119 games for KIA with a batting average of 0.236, 35 home runs and 85 RBIs. He showed off his formidable slugging power, but he was evaluated as weak in chances and 142 strikeouts were hampered. To be honest, the batting average was not high either. In the end, KIA chose to change by recruiting Harold Castro instead of renewing the contract with Wisdom.

Wisdom's momentum this season, which is seeking to leave Korea and return to the big leagues by signing a minor contract with the Seattle Mariners, is scary. As of the 11th, he has a batting average of 0.311 (14 hits in 45 at-bats), nine homers and 17 RBIs, and an on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of 1.337. In particular, he is leading the league in home runs, RBIs, and slugging percentage (0.911) with nine home runs out of 13 games. James Tipps III (Oklahoma City Comets under the Los Angeles Dodgers), who is second in homers, has two homers.

Local fans are quickly voicing the need for Seattle to call up Wisdom. Attention is focusing on whether Wisdom, who has been reborn as a "horror batter" in the minor leagues, will be able to achieve a major league call-up with the current momentum.

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