Oakland A’s slugger Brent Rooker is one of the most requested players from MLB teams inquiring about his services as the trade deadline approaches on Jul 30th. Rooker could help a club in it’s post season bid and could be with another club before the end of July. (Athletics Nation file photo)

A’s Brent Rooker big candidate for Trade

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

OAKLAND–The trade deadline is rapidly approaching, just nine days from Monday, and the A’s have one of the most underrated power hitters in the game. His name is Brent Rooker, and this outfielder, who is mostly a Designated Hitter for the Oakland A’s, is wanted by many contending teams for the last two months of the season.

Rooker should have been at last week’s All-Star Game in Texas. He was an All-Star in 2023. Rooker is having an even better season this year, with an excellent probability of hitting 35 to 40 home runs and driving in close to 100 runs, which will be his best season ever.

In their rebuilding process, the Oakland A’s have been developing young players like Zack Gelof, 24, Lawrence Butler, 24, J.J Bleday, 26, Shea Langeliers, 26, Tyler Soderstrom, 22, plus others, especially the young pitching staff. Rooker is arbitration-eligible for the next three years, but he turns 30 in November, so he might not be in the A’s plans for the A’s future with the younger guys playing in the current lineup.

Brent Rooker 2023: .246 with 30 homeruns, 69 runs batted-in. He played in 137 games.

2024 Brent Rooker with 61 games left this season: .294, 22 homeruns and 67 runs batted in.

Today, the A’s begin a three-game series against the first-place Houston Astros, and Brent Rooker is the DH.

The A’s are sellers again as we approach this trade deadline, and there are teams in search of players with Rooker’s type of power. If they trade him, they should get a handsome return, probably with much younger players, which fits the A’s plan. There are a lot of contenders looking to add offense for the last part of the season. It is very possible that Brent Rooker won’t finish this season with the Green and Gold.

Mason Miller? I doubt he will go. However, never put it past the A’s because if they get a haul of players from this tremendous young closer arm, then “it is on.” Many teams are trying to win the World Series this October. The A’s are not one of them, but they are always: “open for business,” especially at this time of the year when the trade deadline is around the corner.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Oakland A’s Spanish play by play lead announcer on the A’s Spanish Radio Network at 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburgh and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com