Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american professional baseball outfielder in the washington nationals organization”. Today it says “american former professional baseball outfielder”.
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Rhett Harrison Wiseman (born June 22, 1994; nicknamed "Wise") is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent.1 In high school, Wiseman was the 2012 Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year . He played college baseball for three years for the Vanderbilt Commodores , winning the 2014 College World Series his junior year. He was drafted in the third round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft by the Washington Nationals. Wiseman started for Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic qualifier, helping the team advance to the tournament proper . In 2018, he was named a post-season Carolina League All Star, and led all Nationals' minor leaguers in home runs, with 21.
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Baseball player Rhett Harrison Wiseman (born June 22, 1994; nicknamed "Wise") is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Washington Nationals organization. In high school, Wiseman was the 2012 Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year . He played college baseball for three years for the Vanderbilt Commodores , winning the 2014 College World Series his junior year. He was drafted in the third round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft by the Washington Nationals. Wiseman started for Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic qualifier, helping the team advance to the tournament proper . In 2018, he was named a post-season Carolina League All Star, and led all Nationals' minor leaguers in home runs, with 21.
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American baseball player Baseball player Rhett Harrison Wiseman (born June 22, 1994), nicknamed " Wise ", is an American former professional baseball outfielder . In high school, Wiseman was the 2012 Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year . He played college baseball for three years for the Vanderbilt Commodores , winning the 2014 College World Series his junior year. He was drafted in the third round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft by the Washington Nationals. Wiseman started for Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic qualifier, helping the team advance to the tournament proper . In 2018, he was named a post-season Carolina League All Star, and led all Nationals' minor leaguers in home runs, with 21.
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american professional baseball outfielder in the washington nationals organization
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american former professional baseball outfielder
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