Texas Rangers starting pitcher Kumar Rocker is going to make his major league debut on Thursday night and his father, an NFL assistant coach, wouldn't miss it for the world.
On Thursday, Texas Rangers top pitching prospect Kumar Rocker will make his major league debut against the Seattle Mariners.Per Jim Wyatt, who covers the Titans:
.@Titans DL coach Tracy Rocker plans to travel to Seattle after today's practice to watch his son, former @VandyBoys star , make his MLB debut tonight for the @Rangers. Will fly back overnight to be at Friday's practice in Nashville.That's great dedication there for the elder Rocker, who clearly wants to be there to celebrate his son's special accomplishment. Kumar Rocker was a first-round pick of the Rangers in 2022 after a sterling career at Vanderbilt.
As for Tracy Rocker, he has an extensive coaching background and is in his 33rd year. He got to the Super Bowl in 2022 with the Philadelphia Eagles.Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University.
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