What to expect from Patrick Wisdom, Frank Schwindel, and Rafael Ortega in 2022
Baseball fans have been in hibernation for months now, as they continue to patiently wait out the current Major League Baseball lockout, now at 90 days. Cubs fans, it seems, have been in hibernation mode since around August 1, when their team flipped the switch to “sell mode” and began unloading its best and most popular players. As names like Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Javier Baez, and Craig Kimbrel made their way out of town, fans began to see the names Patrick Wisdom, Frank Schwindel, and Rafael Ortega more on their TV screens and in articles they read. The trio of Wisdom, Schwindel, and Ortega became everyday starters for the Cubs at different points of the 2021 season. Cubs fans probably didn’t notice that the aforementioned trio finished No. 5 (Wisdom), No. 6 (Ortega), and No. 7 (Schwindel) in Cubs’ team WAR (Wins Above Replacement) in 2021. Indeed, all three were more productive than household names like Anthony Rizzo, Ian Happ, and Kyle Hendricks. For a 2022 Cubs team looking for something–anything–as far as building blocks go, they might just look to Wisdom, Schwindel, and Ortega again. So, who are these guys?







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