2025 Player Outlook
As the team's primary shortstop in 2024, Rocchio slashed .206/.298/.316 with eight home runs, 50 runs scored, 36 RBI, and 10 stolen bases. While he plays a solid defensive shortstop, his presence in the box is not quite as impressive, as he posted a first percentile hard hit rate, first percentile xSLG, and second percentile average exit velocity. He needs a lot of volume (AKA at-bats) to accumulate his stats, and his excellent glove work will buy him time before Cleveland would even think to make a switch. He should be better than last year in terms of his batting average, and he'll have an opportunity to be a member of the 10/10 club. However, outside of deeper AL-only setups, you likely won't be looking at Rocchio.
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Brayan Rocchio is not in the starting lineup Friday against the Red Sox.
Rocchio will take a seat for the first of the three-game set against Boston. The 24-year-old infielder will get a break with Gabriel Arias moving to shortstop and Daniel Schneemann getting the start at second base.
Brayan Rocchio went 0-for-3 against the Yankees on Tuesday, leaving him with a .237/.319/.271 line this season.
Rocchio has hit a little better these last two weeks, but he might need to pick it up further, especially now that Will Wilson is up. He’s just yet to show much of a ceiling through 189 big-league games, with Fangraphs putting him at 0.9 WAR to date. The Guardians have alternatives at short if they wanted to send him down for a spell.
Brayan Rocchio is out of the lineup for Wednesday’s tilt against the Padres.
It’ll be the first day off of the year for Rocchio. The 24-year-old slick-field shortstop will get the day off with Gabriel Arias handling his duties and hitting eighth.
Brayan Rocchio is starting at shortstop and batting ninth for the Guardians against the Royals on Thursday.
This is only news because left-hander Cole Ragans will start for the Royals on Thursday. This means Rocchio is going to be an everyday player for the Guardians, hitting leadoff against righties and ninth against lefties. The 24-year-old slashed .319/.360/.468 in 50 plate appearances this spring and stole 25 bases in Triple-A in 2023, so there is some fantasy upside here for deeper formats.
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