ARLINGTON – When the Rangers drafted Kumar Rocker with the third overall pick last year, there were long-term concerns about his shoulder. Well, the shoulder...
But he’s going to have to overcome a lot of rustiness. Since pitching his junior season at Vanderbilt in 2021, Rocker, 23, has made 17 starts. He will have logged a total of 62 innings after college when he does return. Five of those starts were for the Tri-City Valley Cats of the independent Frontier League as a showcase ahead of last year’s draft. He made six starts – a total of just 14 innings – in the Arizona Fall League., Rocker compiled a 2.
When Rocker pitched in the Fall League last year, he showed off a much lower arm slot than he’d used in college, raising questions for many observers about a potential arm issue. During spring training, he was able to raise the arm slot without any issues. “Every pitcher carries risk. But the person, the character, the makeup makes me more confident than ever that he will be a successful big league pitcher. When I spoke with him, he was obviously disappointed to have all that yanked out from under him, but he told me, ‘I love a challenge.’”
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