Miguel Rojas (baseball)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rojas and the second or maternal family name is Naidernoff.
Miguel Rojas

Rojas playing for the Miami Marlins in 2016
Miami Marlins – No. 19
Infielder
Born: (1989-02-24) February 24, 1989
Los Teques, Miranda, Venezuela
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 6, 2014, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
MLB statistics
(through 2016 season)
Batting average .237
Home runs 3
Runs batted in 40
Teams

Miguel Elias Rojas Naidernoff (born February 24, 1989) is a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Professional career

Rojas during his tenure with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2014

Los Angeles Dodgers

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]

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