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#951 · April 7, 2022, 6:38 am
Report Pagan is the RP to MINN ... Padres get OF Rooker .. RHH, 28, not much ML time (or success) but "decent" minor league stats with some power.
Basically he is a LF with power potential but little defense, speed ... minor league time limited due to injuries ... was in the #10-15 MINN prospect before he graduated out.
#952 · April 7, 2022, 6:46 am
Rooker was a high draft pick and hit 20 HR’s last year in 60 games!
At his age he’s not really a prospect but we need capable OF bodies either way.
Was really hoping for Larnach though
#953 · April 7, 2022, 6:57 am
He was drafted in 2017 and in 2018 went directly to AA and followed that up with a good 2019 in AAA. That is a pretty good indication of his hitting potential. We all know 2020 was a non-season. So, as a college guy, he has not had a lot of development time ... so even at 27 still may have some potential. 6 years control and at league minimum.
Clearly useful for the current Padres in LF. Some combo of Rooker - Beaty (L) - Profar (#)?
#954 · April 7, 2022, 7:10 am
Not sure Rogers and Rooker can arrive for the opener ... so Padres may have some slack filling the 28 man active roster until they arrive .. not sure.
40 man roster is still full. So IF Abrams is added another player has to be moved. Even if Rooker is added to the active roster, position players are only at 12 ... can debate whether (for now) they go with that and keep the extra (16) pitchers. Note that Knehr and Wilson have yet to be optioned and Garcia may NOT be put on the IL. One to replace Pagan and could keep another, I guess. With Rooker and Beaty that frees up Profar to back-up INF in needed.
#955 · April 7, 2022, 7:10 am
You would think that this makes LF a platoon between Rooker and Beatty, and lets Profar return to the back up/bench role for which he is probably best suited.
Plus, hopefully this allows them to not put Abrams on the roster and let him develop a little longer in AAA, and get some time in CF so he can be ready when Grisham goes down with an injury.
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#956 · April 7, 2022, 7:34 am
Scanning some scouting reports on Rooker and power is clearly the selling point but positive notes on his bat to ball skills. However, speed is not on the menu nor is his throwing arm. However, seems to get good reads on fly balls.
With 6 years control, has the profile that may morph into a DH (although has had time at 1B).
If in 2023 Hosmer opts out and Myers is gone ... but Abrams is to the OF ... gives the Padres some flexibility in adding another bat be it an OF or 1B. Maybe Hassell is ready (bit optimistic with that). With Beaty having a similar profile, Padres could go a few ways.
#957 · April 7, 2022, 7:36 am
There is a player to be named later coming to the #MNTwins in the deal, as @LaVelleNeal first reported.
Twins also sending cash to San Diego, though still undetermined how much.
— DanHayesMLB (@DanHayesMLB) April 7, 2022
#958 · April 7, 2022, 7:42 am
I like the Rogers pickup. We needed another lefty in the pen and he's a really good one. I'm less sold on Rooker. He's a 1B/DH masquerading as an OF. He also has fairly significant reverse splits in his minor league career. I'm not sure he makes our outfield situation any better.
#959 · April 7, 2022, 7:51 am
Pretty interesting article on Rooker.
https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23119-is-brent-rooker-better-than-his-stats%C2%A0/
In summary, What does all of this mean? Well, for starters, we don’t have a ton of data on Brent Rooker. He’s only at 197 plate appearances this season and a paltry 21 from 2020. At about 200 plate appearances in a season is where the first set of luck metrics just start stabilizing and they move quite a bit to 300 plate appearances where things start to get pretty stable. Rooker shows adequate plate discipline, his batted ball profile suggests he’s having terrible luck, but he’s frequently shown off his power. Opposing pitchers have formed enough respect for Rooker that they’ve made the adjustment to try to avoid throwing him anything decent to hit and Rooker hasn’t turned into a strikeout machine in the process. Rooker is primarily a pull hitter, but he’s gone to the opposite field enough to keep defenses semi-honest on the shift. Rooker also hits the ball much harder than the average major leaguer, he barrels up the ball well enough and doesn’t make a lot of weak contact. It seems like Rooker needs to be more aggressive when he gets a strike rather than waiting for a meatball because MLB pitchers are definitely being extra careful not to give him something easy to hit and MLB pitchers do not make mistakes like MiLB pitchers do. An MLB hitter might see 1 mistake pitch per game vs seeing several in the minors. Defensively, he waits a little too long to make a jump on the ball and he could work on improving his running technique to get better off the line acceleration, but he has the speed to cover a corner outfield position. With a little opportunity for his luck to even out and some minor adjustments, Rooker may turn into a real force at the plate with adequate corner outfield defense. Despite his limitations, it’s too soon to pull the plug on Rooker as he’s definitely got the potential to be a legitimate every day starting MLB player.
#960 · April 7, 2022, 7:55 am
Never exciting to see a PTBNL heading somewhere else.
I'm ambivalent on this deal. Rooker feels very AAAA to me. Rogers is a nice add, but Pagan looked like he was onto something with the addition of that splitter. I guess we'll see.