The High Point Rockers are an American professional minor-league baseball team based at

Truist Point Truist Point is a stadium located in High Point, North Carolina and is home to the High Point Rockers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and to Carolina Core FC of the MLS NEXT Pro league. The stadium is bordered by Elm, English, ...

ballpark in

High Point, North Carolina High Point is a city in the Piedmont Triad region of the United States, U.S. state of North Carolina. Most of the city is in Guilford County, North Carolina, Guilford County, with parts extending into Randolph County, North Carolina, Randolph, ...

, which is part of the

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region. They are members of the South Division of the

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, a "partner league" of

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History

Shortly before the conclusion of the 2017 season, the city of

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, voted to not continue with professional baseball in the city and announced plans to convert

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into a music amphitheater. On August 7, 2017, the

Bridgeport Bluefish The Bridgeport Bluefish were an American minor league baseball team based in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The team was a member of the Liberty Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, which was not affiliated with Major League Baseb ...

announced that the 2017 season would be the team's last in Bridgeport after playing in the city for 20 years. On September 8, 2017,

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(league founder and a team owner) announced that the Bluefish would move to

. The league instead unanimously approved a new franchise in High Point on March 12, 2018, to replace the Bluefish to begin play in 2019. Ground was officially broken on April 11, 2018, for the new ballpark in High Point, to be called BB&T Point (now Truist Point). On June 7, 2018, a "Name the Team" contest was launched with nine finalists: Chairmen, Dragon Claws, Hush Puppies, Iron Dragons, Iron Eagles, Pioneers, Rockers, and Splinters. On June 21, 2018, the names were narrowed down to Dragon Claws, Rockers, and Splinters. On July 12, 2018, Rockers was chosen as the team name. On November 28, 2018, the High Point Rockers announced Jamie Keefe as the team's first manager and

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as the Rockers' first pitching coach. On April 1, 2019, the team revealed their mascot, a

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, and invited the public to submit name suggestions. The Rockers won their inaugural home game, defeating the

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on May 2, 2019.

Current roster

Season by season results

References

External links

Official website
{{North Carolina Sports 2018 establishments in North Carolina Baseball teams established in 2018 Atlantic League of Professional Baseball teams Professional baseball teams in North Carolina High Point, North Carolina Sports in the Piedmont Triad