LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to terms with infielder Miguel Rojas on a one-year contract extension through the 2024 season for $6 million dollars. The contract includes a salary of $5 million dollars in 2024, a club option salary of $5 million dollars for the 2025 season with a $1 million dollar buyout, and charitable contributions.
Rojas, 33, was acquired on January 11 from the Miami Marlins in exchange for minor league infielder Jacob Amaya. He played in 140 games with Marlins in 2022, hitting .236 with six homers and 36 RBI. He joins the Dodgers for his second career stint after making 85 appearances with the club in 2014 and recording 27 hits in 149 at-bats in his rookie season. He has been in the Majors parts of nine seasons, slashing .260/.314/.358 with 39 homers and 269 RBI while playing five different defensive positions. He was originally signed by the Cincinnati Reds out of Los Teques, Venezuela as an international free agent on November 24, 2005.
