{"id":595592,"date":"2026-04-09T11:58:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/595592\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:58:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:58:20","slug":"dodgers-star-miguel-rojas-returns-to-lineup-after-sudden-death-of-his-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/595592\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers star Miguel Rojas returns to lineup after sudden death of his father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KABC logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/origin-kabc.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, April 9, 2026 12:16AM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Dodgers star Miguel Rojas returns to lineup after death of his father\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">LOS ANGELES (KABC) &#8212; Dodgers star Miguel Rojas returned to the lineup Wednesday after the sudden death of his father, Miguel Rojas Sr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The veteran infielder shared in an emotional post on his Instagram page that his father died Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Rojas was scratched shortly before Tuesday&#8217;s game after he learned 40 minutes before first pitch that his father had been rushed to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He was back in the starting lineup at shortstop for Wednesday&#8217;s game against the Toronto Blue Jays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The game was played in the same ballpark where he hit his memorable World Series home run last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Several Dodgers players had MR written on their caps in tribute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Rojas made his debut with the Dodgers in 2014 before being traded to the Miami Marlins. He returned to the Dodgers in 2023 and has played a key role in the team winning back-to-back World Series titles.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday, April 9, 2026 12:16AM LOS ANGELES (KABC) &#8212; Dodgers star Miguel Rojas returned to the lineup Wednesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[290746,64,63,591,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-595592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-290746","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595592","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=595592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}