MLB Draft 2022: Rangers acquire Kumar Rocker with No. 3 selection in stunner

MLB enthusiasts did not have to ponder way too lengthy about exactly where Kumar Rocker was going to go in the draft on Sunday.

Immediately after the Baltimore Orioles chosen Jackson Holliday No. 1 and the Arizona Diamondbacks chosen Druw Jones No. 2, the Texas Rangers have been up and called Rocker’s name with the No. 3 all round decide.

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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, left, announces the assortment of Kumar Rocker by the Texas Rangers with the 3rd choose of the 2022 MLB baseball draft, Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Los Angeles. (G3 Box News Picture/Abbie Parr)

Rocker was a huge-time pitcher for Vanderbilt, which won the 2019 NCAA baseball championship. He was selected by the New York Mets past 12 months, but the two sides could not arrive to an settlement on a deal over worries about his physical.

He experienced shoulder medical procedures previous September and was pitching in the impartial Frontier League for the Tri-Metropolis ValleyCats. He had a 1.35 Era in five begins for the team.

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Kumar Rocker is annonunced as the third decide of the 2022 MLB baseball draft, by the Texas Rangers, Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Los Angeles. (G3 Box News Photo/Jae C. Hong)

"My talent speaks for alone," Rocker claimed.

He will reunite with previous Vanderbilt teammate, Jack Leiter, who was the No. 2 all round pick of last year’s draft.

"We're extremely comfortable with the health care evaluate that our team has performed, our medical workforce," Rangers normal manager Chris Younger mentioned.

FILE - Vanderbilt pitcher Kumar Rocker, #80, throws through the initial inning in Recreation 3 of the NCAA University World Collection baseball finals on June 30, 2021, in Omaha, Neb. (G3 Box News Image/Rebecca S. Gratz, File)

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In Rocker’s closing season at Vanderbilt, he was a unanimous All-American and finalist for the Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy. He led the nation with 14 wins and 179 strikeouts.

The G3 Box News contributed to this report.