MIAMI (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired their shortstop on Wednesday night time, attaining Miguel Rojas from the Miami Marlins in trade for infield prospect Jacob Amaya.
The teams announced the trade Wednesday evening.
The Dodgers required a shortstop soon after Trea Turner — their starter at that position for all but two game titles previous time — left in absolutely free company and signed an 11-yr, $300 million contract with the NL champion Philadelphia Phillies.
And that hole, evidently, will be stuffed by Rojas. He has a $5 million income in the closing year of a $10 million, two-calendar year agreement, then can come to be a free of charge agent.
Rojas was the longest-tenured member of the Marlins, possessing been with the club since 2015. He appeared in 870 game titles with Miami about the past 8 seasons, 339 more than anybody else — Brian Anderson performed in 531 for the Marlins in excess of that span.
He was the leader in the clubhouse for almost his entire tenure in Miami. Don Mattingly, who managed the Marlins for the very last 7 a long time of Rojas’ time in Miami, raved about what Rojas meant to the club and even enable him deal with in an honorary job for period finales in 2019 and 2021.
Rojas batted only .236 past 12 months, his least expensive because hitting .181 in 85 appearances with the Dodgers in 2014, but his glove was however excellent. He manufactured 7 errors in 531 likelihood at shortstop final year and was an NL Gold Glove finalist — in a calendar year exactly where he was the next-oldest daily shortstop in the majors at the rear of Elvis Andrus, who break up his time amongst Oakland and the Chicago White Sox.
Andrus turned 34 in August. Rojas turns 34 next thirty day period.
The trade took place hrs after the Marlins launched Jean Segura at their ballpark, with basic supervisor Kim Ng saying the workforce expects Segura — who has been a center infielder for nearly the entirety of his 11-calendar year job — to enjoy 3rd base. But with Rojas absent, it’s achievable Segura may well see some time at shortstop for Miami.
Rojas has been to the playoffs 2 times. He obtained into one particular recreation with the Dodgers in their reduction to St. Louis in the 2014 NL Division Series, then served the Marlins conquer the Chicago Cubs in the 2020 NL wild-card series right before slipping to Atlanta in the division series.
Amaya, 24, was an 11th-spherical choose by the Dodgers in 2017. He’s invested the last five seasons in their small league method, batting .256 in 463 video games and receiving to Triple-A for the initially time past 12 months.
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