03.08.2023, 09:39
Brent Rooker was a waiver case by the Oakland A's in the off-season, and also now he will be representing them at the All Celebrity Video Game in Seattle. He is the initial A's outfielder chosen to represent Oakland considering that Yoenis Cspedes in 2014. The A's declared the 28-year-old Rooker off waivers from the Kansas City Royals in the middle of November as well as provided him a shot to make the Opening Day lineup. Before that, he 'd been traded by the group that composed him in the Minnesota Twins as part of the Chris Paddack/Taylor Rogers relocation, after that was assigned for assignment by the team that traded for him much less than a year later. He landed with Kansas City at the beginning of August via completion of the 2022 campaign however made his method back to the waiver cable amidst off-season actions Jake Brentz Jersey, which is where he landed his opportunity in Oakland. He took the possibility the A's offered him during springtime training and kept up it, batting.308 with a. 471 on-base portion (OBP) as well as 11 walks in 51 plate appearances. Being a right-handed stick, he made the lineup as a platoon choice to set with lefty Seth Brown, that arrived on the IL on April 10. Rooker had actually just accumulated 9 at-bats in the normal season prior to Brown's oblique injury, accumulating simply one hit in the small sample Willie Wilson Jersey, yet he was likewise appearing at the top of the hard hit percent leaderboards, so it had not been a significant surprise that when he got the chance for routine playing time that he began mashing. .