Brent Rooker Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 4" / 225 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 11/1/1994 (29)
- Experience
- 0
- College
- Mississippi State
Brent Rooker Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Brent Rooker News
Oakland Athletics outfielder/designated hitter Brent Rooker went 3-for-3 with his 30th home run, an RBI, a run scored and a walk in the season finale on Sunday, a 7-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. Rooker was one of the few bright spots for a bad A's team in 2023, and he finishes the season with a .246/.329/.488 slash line with an .817 OPS, career-high 30 home runs, 20 doubles, a triple, 69 RBI, four stolen bases and 61 runs scored in 137 games and 526 plate appearances. He made his first All-Star team and bested his previous career-high in homers (nine) by a wide margin. The 28-year-old had a rough stretch in the middle of the season after a white-hot start, but he picked things up a bit after the All-Star break and into the end of the season.
Oakland A's outfielder Brent Rooker is back in the starting lineup Wednesday afternoon against the Seattle Mariners and right-hander George Kirby. The 28-year-old didn't appear in Tuesday night's 7-2 loss to the Mariners but will reappear out of the five-hole while acting as the club's designated hitter on Wednesday afternoon. It's been a career year for Rooker who has hit .241 with 26 home runs, three stolen bases, and a .797 OPS across 126 games, production that sits 21% above the league average, as per his 121 wRC+. He will have his hands full on Wednesday against Kirby who owns a 3.57 ERA and an MLB-best 2.6% BB% across his 28 starts on the season.
Oakland Athletics outfielder/designated hitter Brent Rooker is absent from the starting lineup for Tuesday's game against Luis Castillo and the Seattle Mariners. The 28-year-old has had a career season, slashing .241/.325/.472 with 26 long balls, 55 runs, 60 RBI, and three stolen bases across 126 contests. Tyler Soderstrom will take his spot at DH and bat seventh. The former first-rounder hasn't put it together yet over his 36 career games, as he's hitting .171 with three homers. Soderstrom is solid in dynasty formats for his power potential, but fantasy managers can leave him on the waiver wire in redraft leagues.
Batting Order
| 1 | Esteury Ruiz |
| 2 | Zack Gelof |
| 3 | Ryan Noda |
| 4 | Brent Rooker |
| 5 | JJ Bleday |
| 6 | Lawrence Butler |
| 7 | Jordan Diaz |
| 8 | Tyler Soderstrom |
| 9 | Nick Allen |
Brent Rooker Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
| 1 | Esteury Ruiz |
| 2 | Zack Gelof |
| 3 | Ryan Noda |
| 4 | Brent Rooker |
| 5 | JJ Bleday |
| 6 | Lawrence Butler |
| 7 | Jordan Diaz |
| 8 | Tyler Soderstrom |
| 9 | Nick Allen |
Entering 2020, we were one of few if any baseball prognosticators talking about Rooker as a potential impact bat for the coming year. Well, he got the call from the alternate training site before the more heralded bats Alex Kirilloff and Trevor Larnach but his debut was cut short by a broken forearm after he was hit by a pitch in his seventh MLB game. Rooker made an impression in his brief debut, which lasted 21 plate appearances, with a 50% Hard Hit rate and a 14% Barrel rate. Rooker does have a fair bit of swing-and-miss to his game but it's more than offset by the massive power he can produce, as well as the strong on-base numbers. We obviously can't read too much into the 2020 stats but it was a promising start and not out of line from what the 26-year-old outfielder has done through the minors where his wRC+ has never dipped below 124 at any stop during his three minor league seasons. You'll hear a lot about Kirilloff as the 2021 season nears and with good reason but don't forget about Rooker who has a chance to find playing time in left field, at first base, and at DH.
