Brent Rooker
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 225LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2017 | Rd: CB-A, #35, Minnesota Twins | Mississippi State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 213 189 25 38 9 0 .201 .291 .397 .688
2022 36 32 1 4 0 0 .125 .222 .156 .378
2023 526 463 61 114 30 4 .246 .329 .488 .817
4 Seasons 796 703 91 162 40 4 .230 .315 .451 .766
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .201 9 0 .688
2022 .125 0 0 .378
2023 .246 30 4 .817
4 Seasons .230 40 4 .766
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2020 25 85 14 2 14.3 9.5 89.1 112.2 5.4 57.1 .305 .549 .408 .395 .489 50.0 23.8 0.0
2021 26 814 119 15 12.6 7.0 91.0 111.7 13.1 37.8 .238 .463 .301 .341 .468 48.7 32.9 7.0
2022 27 142 21 1 4.8 2.8 87.8 108.4 13.5 33.3 .183 .306 .186 .264 .321 42.9 30.6 8.3
2023 28 2152 295 46 15.6 8.7 91.6 112.6 17.6 37.3 .237 .478 .348 .343 .472 49.5 32.7 9.3
Player 3193 449 64 14.3 8.0 91.2 112.6 15.9 37.9 .237 .468 .330 .340 .465 49.0 32.4 8.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2020 35.7 21.4 42.9 0.0 50.0 21.4 28.6 7.1 28.6 14.3 35.7 0.0 14.3 9.5
2021 37.0 31.9 28.6 2.5 42.0 31.1 26.9 2.5 25.2 26.9 26.1 6.7 12.6 7.0
2022 47.6 33.3 19.0 0.0 42.9 52.4 4.8 14.3 19.0 28.6 19.0 14.3 4.8 2.8
2023 33.2 36.9 24.7 5.1 35.3 40.0 24.7 3.4 23.1 28.5 22.4 7.1 15.6 8.7
Player 35.0 35.0 26.1 4.0 37.9 37.6 24.5 3.8 23.6 27.6 23.6 7.1 14.3 8.0
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 11 656 30.5 169 .307 .613 .418 32.1 29.0 23.4 .268 .542 .376 52.0
2023 Sinker -1.8 -7 375 17.4 103 .275 .440 .354 15.6 16.5 19.8 .283 .494 .365 46.7
2023 Slider -0.9 -3 357 16.6 85 .139 .222 .259 50.0 36.5 25.4 .163 .280 .265 39.0
2023 Changeup -0.6 -1 254 11.8 55 .235 .392 .300 50.4 40.0 22.4 .243 .439 .316 51.7
2023 Curveball -1.0 -2 201 9.3 48 .140 .349 .254 63.6 60.4 43.9 .139 .374 .262 57.1
2023 Cutter 5.7 9 155 7.2 33 .480 1.440 .721 37.5 18.2 14.3 .389 1.092 .610 76.2
2023 Sweeper 1.5 2 105 4.9 21 .150 .350 .231 41.5 42.9 22.0 .182 .451 .283 27.3
2023 Split-Finger -4.7 -2 40 1.9 11 .000 .000 .000 70.0 81.8 33.3 .028 .030 .026 0.0
2023 Slurve -1.7 0 9 0.4 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -3.8 -2 60 42.3 17 .133 .133 .188 37.1 35.3 30.0 .144 .194 .211 44.4
2022 Changeup -6.6 -1 20 14.1 4 .000 .000 .000 66.7 75.0 75.0 .149 .560 .295 100.0
2022 Slider 2.9 0 14 9.9 3 .333 .667 .417 42.9 33.3 20.0 .289 .484 .324 50.0
2022 Curveball 1.0 0 13 9.2 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .299 .319 .486 100.0
2022 Sinker -11.0 -1 13 9.2 5 .200 .200 .180 33.3 20.0 50.0 .269 .421 .302 25.0
2022 Cutter 1.2 0 10 7.0 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .323 .326 .495 0.0
2022 Sweeper -2.8 0 6 4.2 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .017 .034 .025 100.0
2022 Split-Finger 6.0 0 1 0.7 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -3 220 27.0 67 .161 .411 .312 34.3 38.8 34.7 .228 .501 .369 60.0
2021 Slider -0.7 -1 192 23.6 39 .167 .278 .229 38.4 38.5 24.2 .173 .292 .238 33.3
2021 Sinker -2.7 -4 160 19.7 45 .158 .237 .272 20.0 17.8 28.6 .276 .398 .353 56.7
2021 Changeup 0.0 0 99 12.2 27 .192 .385 .293 38.5 40.7 26.8 .214 .479 .302 40.0
2021 Curveball -0.7 0 67 8.2 15 .214 .429 .300 40.0 40.0 24.0 .277 .532 .368 50.0
2021 Cutter 2.2 1 56 6.9 16 .467 .800 .550 44.8 25.0 30.8 .288 .659 .415 45.5
2021 Sweeper 12.8 1 9 1.1 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .929 3.035 1.607 100.0
2021 Split-Finger -4.8 0 7 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .089 .159 .101 0.0
2021 Slurve 26.1 1 3 0.4 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .691 .774 .641 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 3.3 1 31 36.5 6 .333 .833 .483 29.4 33.3 18.2 .435 .961 .577 50.0
2020 Cutter -0.7 0 14 16.5 4 .250 .250 .225 25.0 25.0 20.0 .315 .541 .365 100.0
2020 Sinker 5.7 1 13 15.3 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .273 .312 .263 33.3
2020 Slider 15.8 2 11 12.9 5 .500 1.000 .640 20.0 20.0 20.0 .212 .326 .321 33.3
2020 Changeup -2.4 0 8 9.4 3 .000 .000 .233 66.7 33.3 33.3 .127 .127 .310 0.0
2020 Curveball -2.9 0 4 4.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 Sweeper -1.5 0 3 3.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Split-Finger 3.0 0 1 1.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 213 814 -5 -9 2 6 -6
2022 36 142 -1 -5 0 0 -5
2023 525 2,152 0 -14 11 10 6
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2020 85 54.1 67.4 71.0 33.3 76.9 41.2 33.3 51.8 27.3 10.6 66.7
2021 814 48.4 68.3 73.2 28.6 51.7 43.7 35.2 47.8 33.4 6.4 92.3
2022 142 50.7 69.4 78.0 31.4 40.9 44.4 44.4 50.7 33.3 5.6 100.0
2023 2,152 48.3 66.1 73.4 27.3 35.5 42.1 35.2 46.1 38.2 7.2 73.1
Player 3,193 48.6 66.9 73.5 28.0 41.2 42.6 35.6 46.9 36.4 7.0 78.2
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2020 87 32
2021 82 54 62
2022 44 64
2023 71 25 80 89 47 85 93 85 82 91 4 60 1 57 42 61
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2020 23.6 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2021 23.5 9 10.5 -2 2 6 6 66.7
2022 -- 0 0.6 -1 0 1 0 --
2023 24.8 30 29.8 0 7 19 15 50.0
Player 24.5 40 41.9 -2 9 26 22 55.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2020 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2021 9 10 10 9 11 11 12 9 6 10 7 9 11 10 11 12 11 10 12 9 11 12 12 13 11 11 10 12 11 11 11
2022 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
2023 30 25 27 27 32 30 32 26 26 26 29 28 32 30 33 34 32 27 29 32 31 28 39 33 27 28 29 31 33 32 27
Player 40 37 39 38 44 42 46 37 33 37 37 38 45 41 46 48 45 39 43 42 44 41 53 48 39 40 41 45 46 44 39
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2020 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.1 91.0 1.9 87.8 -3.2 91.6 3.8
Launch Angle 5.4 13.1 7.7 13.5 0.4 17.6 4.1
Barrel % 14.3 12.6 -1.7 4.8 -7.8 15.6 10.8
Hard Hit % 50.0 48.7 -1.3 42.9 -5.8 49.5 6.6
Sweet Spot % 57.1 37.8 -19.3 33.3 -4.5 37.3 4.0
xBA .305 .238 -0.067 .183 -0.055 .237 0.054
BA .316 .201 -0.115 .125 -0.076 .246 0.121
xwOBA .395 .341 -0.054 .264 -0.077 .343 0.079
wOBA .408 .301 -0.107 .186 -0.115 .348 0.162
xSLG .549 .463 -0.086 .306 -0.157 .478 0.172
SLG .579 .397 -0.182 .156 -0.241 .488 0.332
K% 23.8 32.9 9.1 30.6 -2.3 32.7 2.1
BB% 0.0 7.0 7.0 8.3 1.3 9.3 1.0
Swing % 51.8 47.8 -4.0 50.7 2.9 46.1 -4.6
Whiff% 27.3 33.4 6.1 33.3 -0.1 38.2 4.9
In Zone % 54.1 48.4 -5.7 50.7 2.3 48.3 -2.4
Out of Zone % 45.9 51.6 5.7 49.3 -2.3 51.7 2.4
Out of Zone Swing % 33.3 28.6 -4.7 31.4 2.8 27.3 -4.1
First Pitch Swing % 33.3 35.2 1.9 44.4 9.2 35.2 -9.2
First Pitch Strike % 61.9 62.9 1.0 66.7 3.8 59.7 -7.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2020 Shifts R 21 16 76.2 .789 .288
2021 Shifts R 213 38 17.8 .300 .303
2022 Shifts R 36 17 47.2 .196 .175
2023 Shades R 525 48 9.1 .356 .270
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2020 21 17.0 33.3% 0.0% 16 21.2 0.0% 0.0%
2021 225 18.0 16.4% 2.7% 125 22.5 0.8% 9.6%
2022 29 18.7 10.3% 6.9% 29 21.9 0.0% 10.3%
2023 571 15.5 42.6% 0.5% 398 19.1 4.0% 0.8%
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Statcast Rankings