Oakland A's slugger Brent Rooker swatted his career-high-tying 30th home run of the season on Saturday against the Milwaukee Brewers
In November of 2022, Brent Rooker was designated for assignment by the Kansas City Royals, and two days later the Oakland Athletics claimed him and added him to their roster. Heading into the 2023 season, Rooker was the final player to make the A's 26-man Opening Day roster out of camp. On Saturday he hit his 30th home run for the second consecutive season as a member of the green and gold, and he did it with Oakland across his chest in kelly green.
When asked what reaching the 30 home run milestone at this point in the season means to him, Rooker replied, "it means that I'm better than I was last year, which is always the goal. I'll just continue to improve myself and keep that kind of progress and keep that path going until I'm as good a player as I can be. I don't think I'm there yet."
How he goes about getting to that level is up for debate, but he's going to take the same approach heading into next year that he did before the 2024 season. "Whether it's swing wise, approach wise, game-planning wise, mental skills, whatever it is, I just think that I can continue to get better and better, and that's gonna be my goal."
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