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Miguel Rojas Thought Dodgers Were Trading Him This Offseason

Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Miguel Rojas received the text of all texts when president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman.

The text came in late at night asking Rojas to run something by him.

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“When I received that message, I almost pooped my pants,” Rojas said on The Chris Rose Show. “I thought I was getting let go or I was getting traded.”

Rojas put off replying to Friedman but once he did, it took an hour or two for the veteran to get a response leaving him in panic mode until his phone finally rang.

“Andrew finally called me and said that he wanted to give me a call to explain the situation of having the opportunity to sign Roki Sasaki but one of the things he said he wanted to have was No. 11.

“When he finally told that is was about a number, I thought, ‘Andrew, you should have just texted me. You know, ‘Hey I need No. 11’ and I say, ‘Bro, that’s not even a question.’

“As long as we are getting better and as long as this guy feels like I’m doing something for him to sign, and if I did, I hope it makes his decision a little bit easier. Hopefully, I’m the last guy to wear No. 11 before he retires because I’m pretty sure he’s going to have a long career here and I’m excited to see what he’s going to bring.”

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Rojas changed to No. 72 after giving his number to Sasaki, a nod to his early MLB days. It’s the same number he wore on June 6, 2014, when he debuted with the Dodgers.

At the time, Rojas didn’t feel any type of attachment to the number because it was just assigned to him at spring training. But now, it has a bigger meaning.

“It felt right to come back to No. 72,” Rojas said. “Hopefully it brings a little bit of youngness with me, because I’m not getting any younger.”

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Maren Angus

Maren Angus-Coombs was born in Los Angeles and raised in Nashville, Tenn. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and has been a sports writer since 2008. Despite being raised in the South, her sports obsession has always been in Los Angeles. She is currently a staff writer for Dodgers Nation and the LA Sports Report Network.

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