The Texas Rangers plan to add pitching prospect Kumar Rocker, 24, who has a 1.96 ERA in 10 games for three different minor league teams since July 5 after coming back from Tommy John surgery in 2023, to their roster this week, and he may debut Thursday.
plan to add top pitching prospect Kumar Rocker to their roster this week and expect the 6-foot-5 right-hander to make his big league debut Thursday night in Seattle.
Rocker's pending promotion was revealed by the team Monday, an off day before a two-game World Series rematch at Arizona. Texas then opens a four-game series against the Mariners. Rocker, 24, has a 1.96 ERA in 10 games for three different Rangers affiliates since July 5 after coming back from Tommy John surgery in May 2023. In his final two rehab starts for Triple-A Round Rock, he had 18 strikeouts over 10 innings, and finished with 47 strikeouts and four walks in 29⅔ innings over seven starts combined for Double-A Frisco and Round Rock.Texas drafted Rocker with the third pick in 2022, the second draft in a row that he was a top 10 pick.
Texas drafted Rocker a year after concerns over a physical led to the former Vanderbilt standout going unsigned by theas the 10th overall pick. The Rangers have said his elbow surgery resulted from an injury sustained while pitching for them at Hickory. Rocker was 28-10 with a 2.89 ERA over 42 games from 2019-21 at Vanderbilt, where he was teammates with right-hander. The Rangers drafted Leiter with the second overall pick in 2021, and he made his big league debut this season -- and is now part of the Rangers rotation.
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