Here are the latest updates on recovering Texas Rangers pitchers, including Jacob deGrom, Tyler Mahle, and former first-round pick Kumar Rocker, who hit a major milestone on Friday.
Kumar Rocker’s progress from Tommy John surgery isn’t as closely followed as the progress of Jacob deGrom and Tyler Mahle, mainly because theRocker is part of their future, the Rangers believe. And the future was back in action on Friday in Surprise, Ariz., reports
In this case, Rocker threw 20 pitches from a mound at the Rangers’ spring training facility. More significant was the fact that Rocker threw to live hitters for the first time since he suffered the injury last May with the High-A Hickory Crawdads.one-year anniversary of the surgery The No. 3 overall selection in 2022 was in Arlington a few weeks ago to throw off the mound at Globe Life Field in front of the Major League coaching staff, the same day that Mahle threw off the mound. He also did some work in the Rangers’ pitching lab.
Rocker, a college teammate of Rangers 2021 first-round pick Jack Leiter, made six starts with Hickory in 2023, going 202 with a 3.86 ERA.to a return. He threw to live hitters on Wednesday for the first time since his surgery last May. He’s considered to be a bit ahead of deGrom. Kumar Rocker: FB 94-95, SL 85-88, maybe a change at 84 , and one 79 curve . Basically fit what you've heard. SL is a weapon, FB can be good but command not quite there. Quick vid:, his next step is to throw with a “pull-down” motion, which is meant to simulate the downward motion from throwing off a mound. That’s the last step before getting on a mound, which could come during the Rangers’ next homestand.
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