{"id":884348,"date":"2026-10-16T12:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T12:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/884348\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T12:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T12:58:16","slug":"dodgers-if-rojas-retires-news-radio-1200-woai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/884348\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers IF Rojas Retires | News Radio 1200 WOAI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dodgers infielder Miguel Rojas announced his retirement as a player following Thursday night&#8217;s season-ending loss. Rojas, 37, expressed his desire to transition into a new role within the Dodgers organization, potentially in the front office or coaching staff. During the game, <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/miguel-rojas-to-join-dodgers-in-player-development-role-after-2026-season\/2025\/12\/04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dodgers Nation<\/a> reported that Rojas was replaced by Max Muncy early in the game and did not get an at-bat.<\/p>\n<p>Rojas debuted with the Dodgers in 2014, making a memorable defensive play to save Clayton Kershaw&#8217;s no-hitter. He was later traded to the Miami Marlins, where he spent eight seasons before returning to the Dodgers in 2023. Last year, Rojas hit a game-tying home run when the Dodgers were down to their final two outs in game seven of the World Series.<\/p>\n<p>Rojas has been a respected figure in the clubhouse, known for his leadership and team-first mentality. He plans to join the Dodgers&#8217; player development staff after his retirement, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/mlb\/articles\/miguel_rojas_joining_dodgers_front_office_after_retiring\/s1_17075_43158624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yardbarker<\/a>. Rojas has also been recognized for his contributions, winning the Roy Campanella Award for exemplifying the spirit and leadership of the late Hall of Fame catcher.<\/p>\n<p>Rojas&#8217; retirement marks the end of a notable 13-year MLB career, with his future contributions to the Dodgers organization eagerly anticipated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dodgers infielder Miguel Rojas announced his retirement as a player following Thursday night&#8217;s season-ending loss. Rojas, 37, expressed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":884349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[146577,4279,18559,363,88721,1666,99,19632],"class_list":["post-884348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ai-assisted","tag-dodgers","tag-miguel-rojas","tag-mlb","tag-player-development","tag-retirement","tag-sports","tag-world-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}