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2024 Mets Draft: Back to the Future

In 2021, the Mets signed 19 of the 20 players selected in the 2021 MLB Draft, failing to come to terms with their first round pick, Vanderbilt right-handed pitcher Kumar Rocker. Let’s check in with him and see what he’s been up to since and how he’s been doing.

Kumar Rocker

RHP, 1st Round, 10 Overall

Kumar Rocker comes from an athletic family. His father is Tracy Quinton Rocker, a two-time All-American and a three-time All-SEC selection while playing at Auburn who was selected in the third round of the 1989 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins and played professionally for them for two seasons before transitioning to coaching and his uncle is David Deaundra Rocker, who also played at Auburn and played professionally for the Los Angeles Rams for four years.