WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Athletics slugger Brent Rooker is including his title to the record of House Run Derby contributors.
Rooker introduced Thursday that he is taking part within the occasion, which takes place Monday in Atlanta. He’ll grow to be the primary Athletics participant within the House Run Derby since Matt Olson in 2021.
“Competing within the House Run Derby has at all times been a dream of mine,” Rooker mentioned in an Instagram publish. “Cannot wait to make it occur subsequent week in Atlanta! See ya there!”
Rooker, 30, entered Thursday with a .270 batting common, 19 homers and 50 RBIs, placing him on tempo for a 3rd straight season of at the very least 30 homers. He went deep 30 occasions in 2023 and had 39 homers in 2024.
His 58 homers for the reason that begin of the 2024 season rank him third amongst all American League gamers.
The one A’s to win the Derby had been Mark McGwire in 1992 and Yoenis Céspedes in 2013 and 2014.
Different introduced contributors embrace Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr., Minnesota’s Byron Buxton, Tampa Bay’s Junior Caminero, Pittsburgh’s Oneil Cruz, Seattle’s Cal Raleigh and Washington’s James Wooden.