{"id":184156,"date":"2023-01-12T02:22:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T02:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/miguel-rojas-trade-marlins-send-shortstop-to-dodgers-for-infield-prospect-per-reports\/"},"modified":"2023-01-12T02:22:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T02:22:45","slug":"miguel-rojas-trade-marlins-send-shortstop-to-dodgers-for-infield-prospect-per-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/miguel-rojas-trade-marlins-send-shortstop-to-dodgers-for-infield-prospect-per-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Miguel Rojas trade: Marlins send shortstop to Dodgers for infield prospect, per reports"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Los Angeles Dodgers have traded for veteran shortstop Miguel Rojas, sending infield prospect Jacob Amaya back to the Miami Marlins, according to the New York Post’s Jon Heyman<\/a>. The Athletic<\/a> first reported that the teams were deep in trade negotiations.<\/p>\n

Rojas, who turns 34 in February, is coming off a 2022 season with the Marlins in which he slashed .236\/.283\/.323 with six home runs and nine stolen bases in 140 games. For his career, Rojas an OPS+<\/span> of 85 with more than 5,500 defensive innings at the shortstop position. Per Statcast estimates, Rojas remains a plus fielder at the position. <\/p>\n

Rojas, who was initially signed by the Reds as an amateur out of Venezuela, made his major-league debut with the Dodgers in 2014 as a 25-year-old. The following offseason, however, he went to Miami as part of a seven-player trade that also involved notable names like Enrique Hern\u00e1ndez, Dan Haren, Dee Strange-Gordon, Andrew Heaney, and Austin Barnes. In his return to Los Angeles, Rojas figures to help fill the middle-infield void left by the departure of shortstop Trea Turner, who signed a free-agent contract with the Phillies earlier this winter. Rojas could form a platoon at short with the left-handed-hitting Gavin Lux while also being an occasional option at second and third. <\/p>\n

On the Marlins’ side of things, Amaya, 24, is a former 11th-rounder. Across parts of five minor-league seasons, he’s put up a line of .256\/.362\/.393 with 42 home runs, good walk rates, and significant time spent at short and second. This past season, Amaya split time between the Double- and Triple-A levels.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n