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Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Athletics designated hitter Brent Rooker to compete in 2025 MLB Home Run Derby
Athletics designated hitter Brent Rooker to compete in 2025 MLB Home Run Derby originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Brent Rooker had mentioned he'd be open to competing in the 2025 MLB Home Run Derby for some time, and on Thursday, the Athletics star's wish came true. The 30-year-old enters Thursday's game against the Atlanta Braves with 19 home runs this year and is on pace to have 30-plus home runs for the third consecutive season – he'd be just the third A's batter, along with Khris Davis (2016-18) and Jason Giambi (1999-2001), to accomplish the feat since 1999. Advertisement The 2024 Silver Slugger Award winner is having himself quite a week after also being named to his second All-Star Game on Sunday as an American League reserve. Along with the 19 long balls, the designated hitter also has a .270 batting average and 50 RBI this season. Rooker will be the first player to represent the Green and Gold in the Home Run Derby since Matt Olson competed in 2021 and he'll look to be the first Athletics batter to win the event since Yoenis Cespedes won back-to-back titles in 2013 and 2014. Cespedes and Mark McGwire are the only A's players to win the event. The other competitors already announced for the event include Cal Raleigh, James Wood, Byron Buxton, Oneil Cruz, Junior Caminero and Ronald Acuña Jr. It won't be much of an All-Star 'break' for Rooker, but it'll definitely be one to remember for the A's slugger.
Daily Mail
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Former Mets star lists $30M ranch where now-infamous 'wild boar' injury took place
After officially retiring from his baseball playing days, a former New York Mets star is selling his mega mansion that was built around the corner from the team's spring training base. Former outfielder Yoenis Cespedes hasn't played in the MLB for five years and is now ready to let go of his massive mansion in Port St. Lucie, Florida - at the price of $30million. Sitting on 400 acres, Cespedes' sprawling home features creature comforts and lavish luxuries. However, Mets fans will remember this house as the site of a well-publicized run-in with a wild boar that led to the star missing playing time. Called 'La Potencia II' (translated to 'The Power'), the 16,000-square-foot main residence features six bedrooms and five bathrooms. Additionally, on the inside, you'll find a massive main living room with a fire place, a massive eat-in kitchen, a games room with a pool table, and an extravagant all-glass wine room next to an ornate bar. Multiple other living rooms are dotted throughout the residence - which also features the likes of walk-in closets and elegant bathrooms. Outside, there's a gorgeous patio - complete with its own kitchen, eating space, and a wet bar. There's also a decadent heated pool - with a separate hot tub and an attached water feature. But there's also plenty of features that indicate this was the home of a professional athlete. Not only is there a stocked barber shop, there's also a well-equipped gym as well as a separate batting cage. Finally, when you step out of the enclosure, you'll find a stable for 12 horses as well as a training facility for the equine creatures attached to the property. Of course, Mets fans remember this mansion as the site of an infamous injury that Cespedes sustained from a 'wild boar' in 2019. While the Mets general manager at the time said that Cespedes sustained a broken ankle in a 'violent fall', it was later reported that the two-time All-Star actually had a run-in with the wild animal. Cespedes tried mounting an MLB comeback in 2024, but that was unsuccessful. The 39-year-old won a Gold Glove award, a Silver Slugger award, and two Home Run Derby competitions throughout his eight year career in the majors.
Wall Street Journal
24-06-2025
- Sport
- Wall Street Journal
Former Mets Outfielder Yoenis Cespedes Wants $30 Million for His Florida Ranch
In 2019, the Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes was spending time on his Florida ranch when he fractured his ankle in an encounter with a wild boar. His professional baseball career came to an end soon after. Now Cespedes, 39, is putting the hunting ranch—located minutes from the Mets' training facility in Port St. Lucie—on the market for $30 million. If it sells for that price, it would be among the most expensive private estates ever sold in the city, according to Julian Johnston of the Corcoran Group, one of the listing agents.
