Miguel Rojas (baseball)

Rojas was signed by the Cincinnati Reds organization as an amateur free agent in 2006, and played in their minor league system through 2012, making it as far as the AAA Louisville Bats to end his 2012 season. He joined the Dodgers organization in 2013 and played for the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Class AA Southern League, where he hit .233 in 130 games. In 2014, he received a non-roster invite to Major League spring training, where he was given a chance to compete for the vacant second base job.^[1]^[2] The Dodgers assigned him to the AAA Albuquerque Isotopes to start 2014, where he hit .302 in 51 games.

Rojas was called up to the Majors for the first time by the Dodgers on June 6, 2014,^[3] and made his debut as a late inning defensive replacement.^[4] His first hit was a single off Matt Belisle of the Colorado Rockies in his first start on June 8, 2014.

Rojas finished the 2014 regular season hitting only .181 with 1 home run and 9 RBIs in 85 games. He frequently took over for Hanley Ramirez at shortstop late in games for defensive purposes.

Miami Marlins

Rojas playing for the New Orleans Zephyrs, triple-A affiliates of the Miami Marlins, in 2015

On December 10, 2014, Rojas was traded to the Miami Marlins, along with Dee Gordon and Dan Haren, in exchange for Andrew Heaney, Chris Hatcher, Austin Barnes, and Enrique "Kiké" Hernández.^[5]

References

↑ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/la/dodgers-miguel-rojas-defense-keeps-him-in-second-base-mix?ymd=20140114&content_id=66631786&vkey=news_la
↑ http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20140215/dodgers-trying-to-add-offense-to-miguel-rojas-game
↑ Eric Stephen (June 6, 2014). "Dodgers option Erisbel Arruebarrena to Triple-A, call up Miguel Rojas". truebluela.com.
↑ "June 6, 2014 Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies play by play and box score". Baseball Reference.
↑ Gurnick, Ken (December 11, 2014). "Dodgers adding Kendrick, Rollins in trades". MLB.com. Retrieved December 11, 2014.

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Miami Marlins current roster

Active roster	3 Adeiny Hechavarria 9 Dee Gordon 11 J. T. Realmuto 13 Marcell Ozuna 14 Martín Prado 18 Tomás Telis 19 Miguel Rojas 20 Justin Nicolino 21 Christian Yelich 27 Giancarlo Stanton 30 Hunter Cervenka 32 Derek Dietrich 34 Tom Koehler 35 David Phelps 41 Justin Bour 43 Odrisamer Despaigne 44 A. J. Ramos 46 Kyle Barraclough 49 Brian Ellington 51 Ichiro Suzuki 54 Wei-Yin Chen 61 Adam Conley 62 José Ureña 64 Nick Wittgren 65 Austin Brice 66 Jarlin García 67 Jake Esch 68 Destin Hood 77 Yefri Pérez -- Elvis Araújo -- Luis Castillo -- A. J. Ellis -- Tayron Guerrero -- Jeff Locke -- Dustin McGowan -- Austin Nola -- J. T. Riddle -- Drew Steckenrider -- Junichi Tazawa -- Edinson Volquez

Coaching staff	Manager 8 Don Mattingly Bench 58 Tim Wallach First base 7 Perry Hill Third base 33 Fredi González Pitching 47 Juan Nieves Assistant Hitting 4 Frank Menechino Hitting 4 Mike Pagliarulo Outfield/Base running 26 Lorenzo Bundy Bullpen -- vacant Catching 23 Brian Schneider Administrative 72 Pat Shine Bullpen coordinator 75 Jeff Urgelles

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