Miguel Rojas’ farewell comes with a long list of reasons the Dodgers will miss him, and Andrew Friedman made clear the appreciation runs deep.
Rojas announced his retirement after Los Angeles was knocked out by the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Championship Series, closing the book on a 13-year playing career. His time with the Dodgers covered parts of five seasons, and his legacy there is already tied to a handful of moments that won’t fade anytime soon.
That includes the game-tying home run in the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 2025 World Series, along with the kind of defense that could swing a game in a single snap. One of the most memorable examples came in 2014, when he preserved Clayton Kershaw’s no-hitter against the Colorado Rockies with a strong stop at third base.
But the value Rojas brought to the organization went well beyond the box score. He became the sort of player teammates leaned on, and Friedman pointed to that influence as one of the defining parts of Rojas’ Dodgers run.
“Miggy Ro has been awesome,” Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said. “His impact not just on the field and the role he played, but Mookie’s ascension to the shortstop position, and not just being passable, but being an above-average defender at short.
“Miggy Ro’s got his fingerprints around a lot of that. The impact that he’s made on an Alex Freeland, the impact he’s made to our culture in the clubhouse.
“It’s funny because it was one of the first moves I did when I got here, was trading Miggy Ro away. And to kind of bookend his career and have him have a chance to come back and be such a big part of those two championship teams, and for him to go out the way he did, leaving everything on the field, can’t say enough about the guy, the competitor, the teammate.
“We look forward to and are hopeful that he’s impacting us in the future as well.”
That leadership was something Mookie Betts had already singled out before, praising Rojas for the way he helped guide him and shape the clubhouse around him.
Rojas’ next chapter is expected to keep him close to the organization. He is slated to move into a front office role that will likely center on player development, and he already has started that transition by being present at an Arizona Fall League game, where he offered instruction to Dodgers prospects.
Freddie Freeman, meanwhile, admitted he had hoped the season would end with one more championship for Rojas. After hearing about the retirement, Freeman said the news hit him hard.
“I’m sad for Miguel. I wanted to get him another championship one last time,” Freeman recently said.
“This group, we’ve been through a lot. Been all over the world together, did some really, really cool things in this game together.
“We came up short on the three-peat, but keep our head high. We accomplished some good stuff and we’ll get back at it next year.”
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