With Los Angeles Dodgers veteran infielder Miguel Rojas retiring after the team fell short in their three-peat pursuit last season, many have speculated that he could get into coaching.
Rojas is already working in a player development role for the Dodgers, but a fellow veteran of the Boys in Blue thinks that Rojas could find himself a job as an MLB manager, perhaps even as soon as 2027.
Could Miguel Rojas be an MLB manager next year?
Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy appeared on the “Foul Territory” podcast on Monday, and he was asked by host Erik Kratz if Muncy thought Rojas could serve as a manager if a team needed one next season.
Muncy didn’t hesitate.
“100%, yeah he’d be great at it,” he said.
To back up his belief, Muncy pointed out that Rojas has been learning from manager Dave Roberts as his playing career neared its end.
“He started paying a lot of attention to how Doc ran things,” he said. “He started asking a lot of questions. He would definitely be an outstanding manager, there’s no doubt about that.”
In particular, Rojas has the soft people skills necessary to be a good leader, Muncy said.
“He just has that ability to have fun with guys, get their ear a little bit, also be serious with them when he has to,” he said. “That’s always the thing you worry about with guys when they become managers, can they separate being the player, the teammate, from having to be the disciplinarian and having to make those types of decisions. I think Miggy Ro would be excellent at it, because he’s basically already been doing that.”
As Muncy detailed, Rojas was already serving as a bit of a coach in the clubhouse, and he did that by trying to bring the best out of each of his teammates.
“He held everyone to a high standard when it came to doing your early work and that kind of stuff,” Muncy said. “He wasn’t afraid to come up to everybody and check in and be like, ‘Hey, you need to get out here and start working on this. You need to be better at this type of thing.’ He was already doing that, and I think he could make that transition.”
Where could Miguel Rojas be a manager?
Unfortunately for Dodgers fans, if Rojas did become a manager in 2027, it wouldn’t be for the Boys in Blue.
As of November, the Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels and Seattle Mariners have openings.
Would you want to see Miggy Ro manage one of those squads?
