Kumar Rocker’s spring hasn’t gone to plan, but Chris Young says he’s “not too far off”
Texas Rangers right-handed pitcher Kumar Rocker classified the start to his spring training as, among other things, “unacceptable.” The team’s president of baseball operations Chris Young considers it a window into his own past.
Rangers' Kumar Rocker: 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.
Kumar Rocker, Rangers rotation hopeful, shows progress in unofficial third start of spring
It was a backfield game against his own teammates on the first day of the second week of March, sure, but Kumar Rocker’s unofficial third start of spring training could only be classified as progress.
Texas Rangers roster projection, 2.0: Starting rotation shaking out at spring training
Keep an eye on: Non-roster invitee Adrian Houser, who was scheduled to relieve Jacob deGrom Friday night against Colorado, has allowed only five baserunners and no runs in six innings. Houser has made 104 major league starts for Milwaukee and the New York Mets since 2019. He would be a depth option.
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Texas' exciting crop of pitching prospects looks to spin the narrative
The Rangers haven't signed a fully homegrown pitching All-Star since Martín Pérez in 2007 and have ranked better than the Major League average in run prevention just once in the last 11 seasons. Not coincidentally,
Top Rangers Prospect Turns Heads for Wrong Reasons With Abysmal Spring Training
Saying Texas Rangers pitching prospect Kumar Rocker is having a poor spring training is like suggesting Shohei Ohtani is a perennial MVP candidate. Rocker, the No. 3 selection in 2022, has already allowed eight runs in two innings this spring. The 25-year-old has looked lost and overwhelmed in Cactus League play.
In a league ripe for taking, Texas Rangers looking the part as AL’s favorites in spring
While it is just Cactus League play, the 2025 Texas Rangers look a lot more like the 2023 version of the team than the 2024 version.
Teammates since college, Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter eager to replicate star run with Rangers
The duo charted similarly bumpy roads from the ultimate highs of collegiate stardom at Vanderbilt to early struggles in pro ball. Both could factor in heavily to Texas' starting rotation this season.
Projected starting roster for Rangers look strong ahead of Opening Day
With Opening Day getting closer, the Texas Rangers are in the process of figuring out who will make up the roster that they hope will lead them back to the playoffs.
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Teammates since college, Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter eager to replicate star run with Rangers
Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker. Among Texas pitchers not named deGrom, it is perhaps these two young hurlers whose seasons ahead could most influence the Rangers’ success. The duo charted vastly ...