MLB Rumors: 3 Chicago Cubs who won’t be on the roster by Sept. 1

Cubs who won’t be on Sept. 1 roster: Patrick Wisdom

It’s been a really off season for Patrick Wisdom, who is hitting under the Mendoza line and fails to receive regular at-bats. Now that Trey Mancini is gone, there’s certainly a case to be made to giving his starts to Wisdom, but not all that is a moot point if he can’t put together productive at-bats.

As Cubbies Crib’s Jake Misener wrote just a few weeks prior to the trade deadline, Wisdom’s time with Chicago ought to come to an unceremonious end.

"“Patrick Wisdom has had a nice little run with the Cubs – but the time has come to pull the plug….Wisdom is more than capable of changing the game with one swing. The problem is the cure is the disease itself. He swings and misses a ton, ranking in the bottom 11% in whiff rate while also grading out poorly defensively. Maybe there’s a place for him somewhere, but it’s not in the future of the Chicago Cubs.”"

Wisdom is the third-string first baseman, third-string third baseman, fourth-string left fielder and right fielder, as well as the backup designated hitter. He’s not the Cubs go-to player for any one position, and is unlikely to receive regular at-bats moving forward on a playoff team. Chicago failed to find a trade suitor for him, so the time is now to move on.