KUMAR ROCKER NEWS

Here's where Rangers' top prospects will play to start 2025 With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Rangers' Top 30 Prospects are projected to start: 1. Sebastian Walcott (MLB...

13 HOURS AGO • MLB.COM

Crushed in Cincinnati Rocker (0-1) allowed six runs on seven hits and two walks over three innings Monday, striking out three and taking a loss against Cincinnati.

Impact The Reds jumped on Rocker right out of the gate with a three-run first inning, spearheaded by Matt McLain's two-run homer. Things got worse in the second with Elly De La Cruz's three-run jack. Rocker gave up just one long ball through 11.2 frames at the MLB level last year. He touched 97 mph with the fastball and forced 10 swinging strikes on 74 total pitches (45 strikes). His next start is lined up to be at home against the Rays this weekend.

3 DAYS AGO • ROTOWIRE

'That's all on me': Rocker hopes to flush, learn from tough first start CINCINNATI -- When the Rangers opened the season with a pair of rookies in Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker in the rotation, president of baseba...

3 DAYS AGO • MLB.COM

Elly De La Cruz Annihilates Kumar Rocker Pitch for First Home Run of 2025 Elly De La Cruz hammered a Kumar Rocker slider for a monster home run, his first of the season.

3 DAYS AGO • SI.COM

Rangers seek to prolong win streak, take on the Reds

The Texas Rangers will attempt to keep a three-game win streak intact when they play the Cincinnati Reds

3 DAYS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Langford and García both homer in the 6th to push Rangers past Red Sox 3-2

Wyatt Langford and Adolis García hit solo home runs in the sixth inning to put the Texas Rangers over the Boston Red Sox 3-2

4 DAYS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

2025 MLB predictions: Cy Young, ROY, Could both New York teams miss the playoffs?

Here are 13 bold predictions for the 2025 MLB season.

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MLB rookie power rankings: Which prospects are poised to make an immediate impact?

While many highly-regarded prospects get some final polishing in the minors, the first rookie power rankings of the year feature Roki Sasaki...

MARCH 27

Vandy boys ready to bring championship energy to Texas SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Every player dreams of making it to the big leagues. Many amateur players never make it. Many also dream of making it the...

MARCH 26 • MLB.COM

In the era of big velocities, some pitchers are still finding other ways to succeed

Texas Rangers left-hander Cody Bradford says he realized early in his development that he probably wouldn’t ever possess the type of fastball that causes scouts to take a second lo...

MARCH 26 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ex-Vanderbilt Pitchers Make Opening Day Roster: The Anchor, March 26, 2025 A pair of former Vanderbilt pitchers have earned spots in a major league team’s starting pitcher rotation. Ex- Commodores Jack Leiter and Ku...

MARCH 26 • SI.COM

From Nashville to Arlington: Rocker and Leiter break camp with Rangers ARLINGTON -- Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter headlined the best rotation in college baseball at Vanderbilt in 2021. Four years later, they’ll r...

MARCH 25 • MLB.COM

Rangers will start season with Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker, but not Evan Carter

Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker have both made the opening day roster with the Texas Rangers, and the recent first-round draft picks will fill the final two spots in the rotation

MARCH 25 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Officially makes Texas rotation Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young said Tuesday that Rocker will be in the team's Opening Day rotation, Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News reports.

Impact Injuries to Jon Gray (wrist) and Cody Bradford (elbow) seemed to make this a foregone conclusion, and now it's official. Rocker mostly struggled this spring, but he ended on a high note with eight strikeouts over 4.2 innings in his final Cactus League outing. The 25-year-old's workload in 2025 will be curtailed to some degree after he threw only 48.1 innings in 2024 following a return from Tommy John surgery.

MARCH 25 • ROTOWIRE

Texas Rangers top 30 prospects: No. 2 Kumar Rocker roars back, shows frontline potential After recovering from Tommy John surgery last season, Rocker flew through the minors and will pitch again for the Rangers in 2025.

MARCH 22 • DALLASNEWS.COM

Fans eight in encouraging start Rocker allowed two runs on three hits and two walks while striking out eight over 4.2 innings in Thursday's spring start against the Rockies.

Impact Although not a perfect outing, Thursday's effort was Rocker's best in four Cactus League appearances. He had allowed 11 runs over his first 4.1 innings this spring, but this latest effort represents a second straight encouraging outing. The 25-year-old right-hander threw 76 pitches (47 strikes), as he continued to refine the mechanical issues that were on display in his first two starts. Rocker is poised to slot into the Rangers' rotation after the club lost Cody Bradford (elbow) and Jon Gray (wrist) to injuries last week.

MARCH 21 • ROTOWIRE

Meet The 9 Breakout MLB Pitchers Of 2025 Highlighting young arms like Kumar Rocker, Brandon Pfaadt and Cristopher Sanchez, who are poised to make waves this year.

MARCH 21 • BASEBALLAMERICA.COM

'He's certainly right there': Rocker makes case for rotation SURPRISE, Ariz. -- On Thursday morning, Rangers manager Bruce Bochy observed that a good outing could do wonders for Kumar Rocker's psyche....

MARCH 21 • MLB.COM

Shows improvement Friday Rocker allowed three runs on four hits and two walks while striking out two over 2.1 innings in Friday's spring start against the Padres.

Impact Against San Diego's potential Opening Day roster, Rocker showed slight improvement from his first two Cactus League starts, when he allowed eight runs over two innings. His 22.85 spring ERA suggests a rotation spot is a long shot, but events elsewhere Friday improved Rocker's chances. Jon Gray suffered a fractured wrist during a split-squad game against the Rockies which contributed to the unsettled nature of Texas' rotation. Gray will join Cody Bradford (elbow) on the injured list to open the season, opening up potential spots for Rocker and Jack Leiter.

MARCH 15 • ROTOWIRE

Rocker could be next man up as injuries impact TEX rotation PEORIA, Ariz. -- In the midst of his third Cactus League start, Kumar Rocker may have become a little bit more important to the Rangers.

MARCH 15 • MLB.COM

Bradford's delay opens door for Leiter, Rocker SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The competition in Rangers camp just got a little more open. Texas had a rather deep rotation at the start of Spring Trai...

MARCH 13 • MLB.COM

Aiming for final slot in rotation Rocker is competing with Jack Leiter to fill the spot in the Rangers' rotation vacated by Cody Bradford (elbow), Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reports.

Impact The former college teammates and current pro teammates will go head-to-head for the right to serve as the Rangers' fifth starter while Bradford recuperates from left elbow soreness. Rocker has been blasted for eight runs over two innings in his two Cactus League starts this spring, but he threw three hitless frames in an intrasquad game last weekend. Leiter, meanwhile, has pitched much better with a 2.53 ERA and 13 strikeouts over 10.2 innings, although he was shaky his last time out. It's unclear which of the two righties might have the current edge, but with the injury history of some of the other Rangers starters, there's a decent chance both Rocker and Leiter will wind up spending a significant portion of the season in the Texas rotation.

MARCH 13 • ROTOWIRE

Works out issue on backfields Rocker pitched an intrasquad game in the backfields Saturday and tossed three hitless innings, Kennedi Landry of MLB.com reports.

Impact Rocker did issue one walk and hit a batter, but the right-hander was pleased with the progress made after allowing eight runs in his first two Cactus League innings. "That was better," Rocker said. "A lot better. That's what we needed. I was able to take a step back and work on the process and try to find the results." Texas general manager Chris Young said the 25-year-old Rocker is medically fine after undergoing Tommy John elbow surgery, and that the issues early this spring were fixable mechanical things. It's not yet clear when Rocker will throw next in a live game.

MARCH 11 • ROTOWIRE

Kumar Rocker, Rangers rotation hopeful, shows progress in unofficial third start of spring The 25-year-old threw 39 pitches (23 for strikes) Saturday to a group of that included Joc Pederson, Josh Smith and Jonah Heim.

MARCH 8 • DALLASNEWS.COM

Shelled again Rocker allowed four runs on four hits and two walks while striking out one over one inning in Saturday's spring start against the Cubs.

Impact This was Rocker's second Cactus League start and looked very much like his first, when the right-hander gave up four runs in an inning. The main difference in the two starts is that Rocker was pulled early in the first inning and once again an inning later Saturday. He entered camp in the mix for a rotation spot but owns a 36.00 ERA through two starts.

MARCH 2 • ROTOWIRE