Texas Rangers’ Kumar Rocker pick: Best memes and tweets

The Texas Rangers shocked the baseball world when they drafted right-handed pitcher Kumar Rocker. Here are some of the reactions from the pick.

The Texas Rangers shocked the baseball world on Sunday in the 2022 Draft. They had the third overall pick of the draft and they drafted right-handed pitcher Kumar Rocker.

Rocker was 38th on the draft board for MLB.com, which led to the big surprise. However, he might be the player that is closest to the major leagues so he could help the Rangers pitching staff this season.

Texas Rangers draft Kumar Rocker to shock the baseball world

Kumar Rocker was drafted by the New York Mets with the 10th overall pick in the 2021 Draft. However, due to reported anomalies in his physical, the two sides never came to an agreement on a deal.

The Vanderbilt pitcher went 14-4 with a 2.73 ERA in 20 starts there but despite not getting signed, Rocker decided not to return to Vanderbilt. Instead, he decided to join the Independent League’s Tri-City Valley Cats.

In five starts with them, he has had a 1.35 ERA. Rocker was rewarded for betting on himself and moved up seven spots in the draft. Also, with the Rangers drafting him, he is reunited with his Vandy teammate, Jack Leiter.

Leiter, the son of former MLB All-Star Al Leiter, was drafted with the second overall pick by the Rangers last year is already in Double-A.

Here is some of the reactions from people on Twitter over the Rangers drafting Rocker.