Rojas Thanks For His Mentality, Colleague Who Made 536.8 Billion Big Bang Shortstop, Retires After Another Year in LAD
Dec 04, 2025
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MLB.com is on the 4th (Korean time) 'Juss and Rojas renewed their FA contracts on the condition of $5.5 million (8.1 billion won) for a year, so they will be together next season as well,' he reported. "' 2026 is Rojas' last season in the big league, and he will make his big league debut and final appearance in the Dodgers.'"
Rojas made a remarkable contribution to winning this year's World Series. In Game 7 of the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays, the Dodgers tied the game with Rojas' solo home run in the top of the ninth inning at 3-4, and won 5-4 with Will Smith's winning home run in the 11th inning of extra time, topping the series for the second consecutive year with 4 wins and 3 losses.
Rojas, who is from Venezuela, joined the Cincinnati Reds in November 2005 when he was 16, but made his major league debut in 2014 after moving to the Dodgers. Rojas, who had a batting average of 0.181 in 85 games that year, was immediately traded to the Miami Marlins and played for eight years from 2015 to 2022.
Then in January 2023, he returned to the Dodgers in a trade. Until this year, he has been a key utility covering infields such as shortstop, second baseman, and third baseman for the past three years. This season, he became an FA after marking a batting average of 0.262 (76 hits in 290 at-bats), seven homers, 27 RBIs, 35 runs, an OPS of 0.715 and bWAR 2.1 in 114 games.
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Rojas led him as a mentor, especially when Mookie Betts moved from the outfield to the infield. Betts, who played shortstop in the full season this year, is said to have given the ball to Rojas after being selected as the NL Gold Glove Finalist.
Back in October, Betts was "not like a typical coach. If a teammate serves as a coach, you can ask this and that during the game or during pitching. If someone always gives the best answer it's Rojas and there's nothing better than that for me. He really helped me a lot in my mental success"I expressed my gratitude.
In other words, it is Rojas who increased the value of Betts' defense, which boasts a ransom of $365 million (536.8 billion won) for 12 years.
First baseman Freddie Freeman "If you play so hard, and you get along so well with people, you're talking about a player like Miguel. He is very precious in the game."
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On the 1st, local media Dodgers Way considered Kim Hye-sung as a 'surplus power' in an article titled'4 Dodgers players who can (or should) be used as a trade card this offseason'.
The media outlet said, "'Kim Hye-sung is unlikely to expect more than a utility role in 2026 if the Dodgers acquire St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Donovan in a trade, and he deserves more than that.'" Kim Hye-sung will be paid just over $8 million over the next two years and will also be at stake in $5 million each in 2028 and 2029, making him a low-cost, high-efficiency player, and defense value and contact ability will certainly make him a strong trading resource."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
