Brent Rooker

Bats R Throws R6'4" 225 lbBorn 1994 Germantown, USADebut 2020Team ATH2x All-StarDraft 2016 R38 #1143 Minnesota Twins, Mississippi StateContract 5 y/$60M (25-29)+30 cl opt 2026: $8,000,000

Awards: AL Silver Slugger

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 96.2FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal 1.02 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	498	437	109	23	1	23	51	126	4	0.249	0.334	0.461	0.795	0.211	0.343	25.3	10.3	116.0	2.53
2027	393	346	81	15	1	17	39	109	3	0.234	0.318	0.434	0.751	0.200	0.326	27.8	9.9	110.1	1.71

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 127 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Bob Watson	1976	132.8	136.4	623
2	Richie Sexson	2005	127.0	116.9	663
3	Kevin Youkilis	2009	125.3	159.6	435
4	Jeff Conine	1996	119.9	100.1	466
5	Tony Perez	1972	128.7	160.2	647
6	Harmon Killebrew	1966	145.9	178.7	689
7	Hal McRae	1976	123.5	136.2	720
8	Donn Clendenon	1966	126.3	90.7	518
9	Lee May	1973	125.5	107.4	590
10	Don Baylor	1979	124.9	83.0	380

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			393		81	15	1	17		3	39	109	0.234	0.318	0.434	0.751	110.1
2026*	ATH	48	203	20	36	4	0	10		2	19	65	0.200	0.281	0.389	0.670	82.4
2025	ATH	162	698	92	164	40	3	30	89	6	65	155	0.262	0.335	0.479	0.814	123.1
2024	OAK	145	614	82	160	26	2	39	112	11	59	177	0.293	0.365	0.562	0.927	164.6
2023	OAK	137	526	61	114	20	1	30	69	4	49	172	0.246	0.329	0.488	0.817	130.3
2022	KC	16	36	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	3	11	0.125	0.222	0.156	0.378	12.7
2021	MIN	58	213	25	38	10	0	9	16	0	15	70	0.201	0.291	0.397	0.688	91.9
2020	MIN	7	21	4	6	2	0	1	5	0	0	5	0.316	0.381	0.579	0.960	161.6
Career		525	2108	265	486	99	6	109	293	21	191	590	0.259	0.336	0.493	0.829	132.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	203	89.9	19.7	15.5	41.9	38.4	31.0	0.208	0.438	0.316	27.6
2025	699	90.7	16.4	13.7	44.8	30.8	26.5	0.261	0.489	0.351	27.5
2024	614	91.9	18.9	16.7	49.6	34.1	30.9	0.263	0.566	0.381	27.6
2023	526	91.6	17.6	15.6	49.5	38.2	27.3	0.233	0.479	0.342	27.1
2022	36	87.8	13.5	4.8	42.9	33.3	31.4	0.182	0.303	0.261	27.8
2021	213	91.0	13.1	12.6	48.7	33.4	28.6	0.233	0.463	0.339	27.2
2020	21	89.1	5.4	14.3	50.0	27.3	33.3	0.305	0.549	0.395	26.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	ATH	OF	28	216	43	2	1	1	0.978
2024	OAK	OF	14	102	16	0	0	0	1.000
2023	OAK	OF	60	440	113	3	4	0	0.967
2022	KC	OF	8	44	13	1	0	1	1.000
2021	MIN	OF	45	318	72	2	1	0	0.987
2020	MIN	OF	5	25	4	0	0	0	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2022	AAA	El Paso Chihuahuas	Bat	273	19 HR, 5 SB	0.272	0.990
2022	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	92	9 HR, 0 SB	0.338	1.199
2022	AAA	nan	Bat	365	28 HR, 5 SB	0.289	1.044
2021	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Bat	267	20 HR, 1 SB	0.245	0.931
2019	AAA	Rochester Red Wings	Bat	274	14 HR, 2 SB	0.281	0.933
2018	AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Bat	568	22 HR, 6 SB	0.254	0.798
2017	A+	Fort Myers Miracle	Bat	162	11 HR, 0 SB	0.280	0.916
2017	Rk	Elizabethton Twins	Bat	99	7 HR, 2 SB	0.282	0.952

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.226	0.327	0.300	0.305
2025	0.377	0.349	0.383	0.330
2024	0.406	0.396	0.379	0.416
2023	0.384	0.341	0.348	0.361
2022	0.229	0.104	0.202	0.164
2021	0.322	0.305	0.416	0.220
2020	0.357	0.436	0.380	0.483

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.