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Alden GonzalezDec 4, 2025, 11:24 AM<\/p>\n
Close<\/a>ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016.<\/p>\n World Series hero Miguel Rojas<\/a> will return to the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> for what will constitute his final season in the major leagues, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Rojas, 36, agreed to terms on a one-year, $5.5 million contract for 2026 and will help in player development while also assisting the Dodgers front office in 2027, according to a source familiar with the agreement.<\/p>\n Relegated to the bench for most of the playoffs, Rojas was reinserted into the lineup for Game 6 of the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> and came up with a nifty scoop to complete a miraculous, game-ending 7-4 double play that saved the Dodgers’ season.<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n 2 Related<\/p>\n Roughly 24 hours later, Rojas hit the game-tying home run off Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman<\/a> in the top of the ninth of Game 7, then made a tough play to get a force out at home in the bottom half, paving the way for Will Smith<\/a>‘s game-winning home run in the 11th.<\/p>\n Rojas debuted with the Dodgers in 2014, returned to them in a trade with the Miami Marlins<\/a> leading up to the 2023 season and went on to establish himself as a vocal leader on a star-laden team, while also becoming a pivotal resource for Mookie Betts<\/a> in his transition to shortstop. A gifted fielder throughout his career, Rojas also enjoyed a bounce-back offensive season in 2025, slashing .262\/.318\/.397 while accumulating 2.1 Baseball-Reference wins above replacement in 114 regular-season games.<\/p>\n As the season went on, Rojas spoke openly about his desire to play one more year before transitioning into a coaching role.<\/p>\n The Dodgers will provide him that opportunity.<\/p>\n El Extrabase first reported Rojas’ agreement with the Dodgers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alden GonzalezDec 4, 2025, 11:24 AM CloseESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-326510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}