Miguel Rojas delivered one of the biggest swings in Los Angeles Dodgers history in Game 7 of the 2025 World Series. It won’t be his last game with the team.
The veteran infielder agreed to return to the defending champions on a one-year, $5.5 million contract, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reported Wednesday. The season will be Rojas’ final year as a player, as he said during the playoffs that he intends to retire after 2026.
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According to ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez, Rojas will remain with the Dodgers in a player development role in the team’s front office after the end of his playing career.
Prior to Nov. 1, Rojas had carved out a career as a dependable player for the Dodgers and Miami Marlins, with a standout glove at multiple infield positions and enough contact at the plate to stay on the field. He wasn’t one of the team’s many stars, but it was a natural move for manager Dave Roberts to insert Rojas into the lineup during the World Series to replace the struggling Andy Pages.
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The move, suffice to say, paid off. In the top of the ninth inning of Game 7, with his team down 4-3 and facing Toronto Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman, Rojas worked the count full, then smashed a hanging slider into the left-field stands for the game-tying homer.
The Dodgers went on to win 5-4 and repeat as champions behind another homer from Will Smith and 2 2/3 innings of relief work from Yoshinobu Yamamoto on zero days’ rest. It was one of the most dramatic games in the history of baseball.
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During the regular season, the 36-year-old Rojas slashed a solid .262/.318/.397 with a league-average 100 OPS+ in 317 plate appearances. He began his MLB career in 2014 with the Dodgers, was traded to the Marlins after one season and returned via another trade after eight years with Miami.
Rojas re-signing with the Dodgers seemed like a strong possibility entering this offseason, and that has now come to pass, with plans for even more work together after 2026. The move is also the Dodgers’ first notable addition of the offseason, with plenty more expected as the team goes for the first three-peat in North American professional sports in more than two decades.
