Forgotten Cubs player just hit his first MLB home run in nearly 2 years with Mariners

I'm sure there will be Chicago Cubs fans who read this and think, "Man, I wish we had that kind of power in the lineup right now." But there's a reason the team moved on from Patrick Wisdom and we all need to remember that because watching him absolutely annihilate a ball for his first home run with the Seattle Mariners might easily have the graduation goggles effect.

In the top of the second inning Tuesday night, Wisdom took Mets pitcher Huascar Brazobán deep, giving the Mariners an early 2-0 lead with a 429-foot blast that hit the out-of-town scoreboard beyond the left field wall at T-Mobile Park. The long ball left the bat at an impressive 105.9 MPH and the sound, well, just take a listen - it'll sound familiar to Cubs fans.

Cubs fans need reminded why Patrick Wisdom isn't here anymore

OK, OK, that was fun to watch. But it's my duty, as the Cubs' offense continues spinning its tires and frustrating everyone on a nightly basis, to also point out that Wisdom has punched out in eight of his 18 at-bats since being recalled (44%) and is hitting just .167.

The last time he homered came in a Cubs uniform back on Sept. 21, 2024. He spent the 2025 campaign playing in the KBO, where he put up prodigious power numbers, hitting 35 home runs in just 119 games as a member of the Kia Tigers. He batted just .236 but, as was the case during parts of five seasons in Chicago, the power wasn't an issue.

Cubs fans got their first taste of P-Wizzy in the aftermath of the 2021 trade deadline, when he went on a home run rampage, popping 28 home runs in just 375 plate appearances, finishing fourth in NL Rookie of the Year voting.

From 2021-23, Wisdom led all Cubs hitters with 76 home runs, but his feast-or-famine approach (36.9% K rate during that stretch) ultimately led Jed Hoyer to move on from him at the end of 2024. Still, no one will soon forget his impressive proclivity for power (because, honestly, there wasn't much else to root for during much of his time here).

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