Miguel Rojas has become one of those players a winning team leans on without always putting him in the spotlight.
On a Dodgers roster loaded with talent, Mookie Betts and Max Muncy made it clear on an episode of “On Base” that Rojas is the steady hand behind the scenes. Betts called him “the mic guy” and “the aux guy,” then added, “Miggy is the guy that kind of keeps us in order.
He does a lot of things you don’t realize you need until he does them. Miggy is the guy for that,” while Muncy summed it up even more simply: “He’s the clubhouse guy.”
That kind of role has mattered in Los Angeles for years. Justin Turner once filled a similar space, and Chase Utley, Austin Barnes, Jason Heyward and others have all left their mark on the clubhouse culture. Rojas has now stepped into that lane in a big way.
The Dodgers recognized that last season when Rojas won the 20th annual Roy Campanella Award, given each year to the player who best represents the spirit and leadership of the Hall of Fame catcher. He also won the award in 2024, making him the fourth player to win it more than once and only the third to do it in back-to-back seasons.
Clayton Kershaw did it in 2013-14, while Turner won in 2017 and then again in 2019-20. Utley also won multiple times, taking it in 2016 and 2018.
“It means a lot,” Rojas told DodgerBlue.com in 2025. “I take a lot of pride in what my teammates and the guys around the clubhouse think about me, and I always say that I’m a server in baseball. I’m here to do whatever is necessary to win.
“I’m trying not to put myself at the center of attention. I just enjoy the moment that I walk in this clubhouse to provide whatever I can to help the team win and to make everybody better.
“And being voted by my teammates and my coaches, it means a lot, and especially because I lean on them a lot. At some point in the year, I needed to talk to one of the coaches, Kiké and I had a conversation early in the year to kind of keep me on pace to be myself and provide what I can provide as a leader.
“And it’s always important to have your teammates on your side and know that they’re going to have your back, and I’m going to have their back, any possibility that I have, I’m going to be there for them.”
Rojas is also giving the Dodgers production where it counts. The 37-year-old is batting .293/.338/.421 with a 107 wRC+ while bouncing around the diamond at second base, shortstop, third base, first base and designated hitter.
He is expected to retire after the season, though he has left open the possibility of playing longer if he wants to keep going. He has also said that possibility could remain if the Dodgers finish the three-peat.
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