SEATTLE – Brent Rooker has become one of the game’s elite strikers in the past two years. But for any reason, the opening day is simply not for him.
During its first three opening days of the major league, Rooker is now 0 for 9 with eight stick withdrawals. The opening of the season of Thursday at T-Mobile Park saw it making the story of unwanted athletics by linking the franchise record for stick withdrawals on the day of opening with four, sharing the brand with Jack Cust (2008) and Eddie JOOST (1948).
“I am objectively just a bad player of the opening day,” said Rooker, who did not even remember even having had an opening day on minors. “But it’s a match. The bad games occur. If this match occurs on match 83, it is not as important as it is when this happens on match 1.”
Friday evening was not the day of the opening, which meant that Brent Rooker was back to do Brent Rooker.
Brushing his Golden Sombrero, Rooker obtained a on the board during the 7-0 Friday victory on the T-Mobile Park navy by launching his first 2025 Home Run Run. The two-point explosion from Luis Castillo has just cleaned the wall in the center left at 394 feet projected by Statcast. It was also his first circuit since hung on a contract extension of $ 60 million over five years this offseason.
“For Rook, a difficult evening last night leaving four stick withdraws,” said manager Mark Kotsay. “It’s turning the page. Tonight was a great night for him and a lot of guys in the programming.”
After a quiet opening evening of the Rooker Quartet, Lawrence Butler, JJ Bleday and Shea Langeliers – a group that combined 110 circuits in 2024 – The four triggered the offense by combining to go 6 for 17 with three walks and four products. Luis Urías and Max Muncy, who succeeded in his first safe blow, also repressed a pair of solo blows.
“We have shown the potential that we have as an offensive unit,” said Rooker. “Some circuits. Some simple in a timely time. Good Baserunning. Patience at the start of the game by making walks of a very good starter. One to new, we have shown what we are capable of this evening.”
The offensive was a lot of cushion for the starter Jeffrey Springs, who dominated in his beginnings of A with nine stick withdraws on six -sleeves aimlessly. The 32 -year -old left -handed finished spring training with confidence after correcting a flaw in his delivery just before his last spring start, which saw him accumulate eight sticks in the stick in four sleeves, and this momentum apparently resumed in his first start of the regular season.
Springs and Luis Severino, two veterans with solid history, were brought in this off -season to serve as anchors in rotation for a team of young people A with serious dreams in the playoffs. The era of the duo remains impeccable through a tour, while Severino broke out Thursday with six laundry sleeves.
“To have these types of performance back to back, it sets the tone,” said Kotsay. “They have brought the bar a lot.”
Between the release of Springs, an effort at 12 strokes of the AS offensive and an impeccable finish of the Lights Enclosure on Friday evening, fucked why they were chosen by so many people to be the team that surprises the most in 2000.
In addition, with the opening day in hindsight, the A can count on rooker to perform more like the Silver Slugger which struck 69 circuits during the previous two seasons. At least, until the opening of next season takes place.
“It’s a mental obstacle that I need to pass for next year,” said rooker. “We are going to work on this when the time comes.”
