[Official] 'Minor bombing' KIA exited foreigners, call-up! Get recognized for 9 home runs in 15 games → Korean outfielders fill the maternity leave gap

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Patrick Wisdom (35), who played for the KIA Tigers in the KBO League last season, will return to the Major League (MLB) stage after devastating the U.S. minor league.

The Seattle Mariners officially announced on the 15th (Korea Standard Time) that they called up infielder Patrick Wisdom from the minor league Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers to the major league roster. The call-up is a measure to fill the vacancy of Rob Refsnyder (35), a "Korean outfielder" who happened to be on the maternity leave list, but Wisdom's recent "crazy hitting" was the decisive cause.

Wisdom signed a minor league contract with Seattle this season and began the season in Triple-A. He made an unusual start with four home runs in the first four games of the season, but he didn't stop after that.

In 15 games in the minor league (Triple A) this season, he has hit as many as nine home runs. He dominated the minor league pitchers as a fear target, displaying his might with an average of 0.6 home runs per game. Wisdom's performance until just before the call-up on the 15th was 0.264 (14 hits in 53 at-bats) and OPS (on-base plus slugging) 1.145. In particular, it is evaluated that it has maximized its unique slugging power by dramatically improving the ratio of walks (9) and strikeouts (14), which were pointed out as weaknesses during the KIA period.

Wisdom showed off its top power in the league by hitting 35 home runs in the KIA Tigers uniform in the 2025 season. However, the lack of sophistication (batting average 0.236) and silence in chances held back, and in the end, KIA chose to recruit Harold Castro instead of renewing the contract and let him go. As a result, Wisdom proved his worth within a short period of time after returning to the United States. He was a first-round pick (52nd overall) called by the St. Louis Cardinals and was a veteran with 88 home runs in MLB.

In fact, Seattle is in desperate need of strengthening its slugging power with a team slugging percentage of 0.342 this season, ranking 27th out of 30 MLB clubs. Wisdom, who returned from bombing the minor leagues, is expected to be immediately put into full force. Korean and American baseball fans are paying attention to whether Wisdom, who packed his bags in Gwangju, can now draw Archie at the Major League Baseball Stadium as a key hitter in Seattle.

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