Rooker, Cease, S. Perez, Kikuchi, McNeil

A slight step back for Rooker, but all is not lost ... It's hard to repeat a career year. Just ask Brent Rooker (OF, ATH), whose encore was solid (.262 BA, 30 HR, 6 SB) yet paled in comparison to 2024's breakout (.293, 39 HR, 11 SB). What does the next chapter look like?

SeasonPAHR/SBBA/xBAct%h%QBaBGB%/FB%PX/xPXHR/FSB%/SBO
20212139/0.201/.23163%26%ACc36%/39%137/12320%0%/0%
202352630/4.246/.23363%32%AAb34%/47%162/15622%100%/4%
202461439/11.293/.25968%37%AAc33%/46%177/15823%79%/9%
202569830/6.262/.26875%30%BBc37%/42%137/12815%86%/4%

These skills lay an excellent BA/HR foundation:

  • Rooker's h% predictably regressed from 2024's peak, but some major contact gains drove xBA to new heights. Perhaps he doesn't hold all of these ct% gains, but Rooker...

Almost!

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