Miguel Rojas is done with professional baseball, closing the book on a 13-year big league career that ended with two World Series rings and one unforgettable swing.
The final chapter of his playing days will always be tied to Game 7 of the World Series. In the ninth inning, Rojas stepped in against Toronto Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman and launched a pitch over the fence in left field to tie the game at 4-4. The blast jolted Rogers Centre and put Toronto fans on edge as the championship began to slip away.
Rojas wasn’t finished making life miserable for the Blue Jays that night. Later in the bottom of the ninth, his throw cut down Isiah Kiner-Falefa at the plate and kept the winning run from scoring. The Dodgers eventually finished the job in extra innings, securing their second straight title while Toronto’s wait for another championship stretched past three decades.
After Los Angeles was eliminated from this year’s NLCS, Rojas officially decided to walk away. He had already announced the previous year that he planned to retire after the 2026 campaign, and he followed through on that timeline.
His career covered only two major league clubs: the Dodgers and the Miami Marlins. Rojas started in pro ball with the Cincinnati Reds, who signed him as an amateur free agent out of Venezuela in 2006. The Dodgers brought him in on a minor league contract in 2012, and he reached the majors in June of 2014.
That led to a winter trade sending 2B Dee Gordon and RHP Dan Haren to Miami in exchange for LHP Andrew Heaney, RHP Chris Hatcher, 2B Enrique Hernandez and C Austin Barnes. Rojas spent the next eight seasons with the Marlins before returning to Los Angeles in a deal for SS Jacob Amaya.
Across 1,401 career MLB games, Rojas finished with a .260 batting average, .677 OPS, 457 runs scored, 210 doubles, 11 triples, 61 home runs, 386 RBIs and 68 stolen bases. In his final season, he hit .267/.312/.391/.703 with 23 runs, 16 doubles, four home runs and 23 RBIs in 105 games for the Dodgers.
He never piled up individual awards, but his place in Dodgers history is secure. Rojas played a real part in back-to-back championship runs in 2024 and 2025, and his ninth-inning homer on Nov. 1, 2025 stands as the defining swing of his career.
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