The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a one-year, $5.5 million deal with veteran infielder Miguel Rojas.
The World Series hero is officially back with LA for the 2026 season.
Rojas announced he would be hanging up his cleats to Dodgers Nation’s Doug McKain after the Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League Division Series this past season.
“I’m 36 years old,” Rojas told McKain. “It’s been a wild ride. I’ve given it everything I’ve had in my four years here. Hopefully, I can finish my career here. Because I’m going to retire after next year.”
After the 2026 season, Rojas said he will move to the Dodgers’ player development department once he has retired.
Rojas entered the winter as a free agent, but all signs pointed to the last season of his career being in Dodger blue once again. He will enter his fifth season in LA in what is his second go-around. He started his career in Los Angeles in 2014.
Rojas made his major league debut with the Dodgers in 2014, where he played in 85 games and slashed .181/.242/.221 with a .464 OPS along with 27 hits, one home run and nine RBIs. After one season in LA, he was traded to the Miami Marlins along with Dee Gordon and Dan Haren in exchange for Andrew Heaney, Chris Hatcher, Austin Barnes, and Kiké Hernández.
He spent the next eight seasons in Miami before he was shipped right back to LA prior to the 2023 season in exchange for Jacob Amaya. Rojas will soon enter his 13th and final season of his career.
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His home run in the 9th inning in game 7 was key to the WS win. His defensive play in the bottom of the 9th was also. Its good that he will move into player development with the Dodgers after this season. One day he will be a big league coach and maybe a manager.