Matthew Michael Whisenant (born June 8, 1971) is a former Major League Baseball

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 pitcher. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies

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 in 1990 and spent the 1992 season with the Phillies' Class A affiliate in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He was traded to the Florida Marlins

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 for Danny Jackson

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 in November 1992. He spent the next five seasons in the Marlins' minor league system before making his debut against the New York Mets

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. On July 29, 1997, he was traded to the Kansas City Royals

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 for Matt Treanor

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. He was then released by the Royals in August 1999 and signed as a free agent by the San Diego Padres

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 later that month. At the end of the 2000 season, he became a free agent and signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers

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on December 14 of that year. He played for the Dodgers' Class AAA team in Las Vegas in 2001.