Miguel Rojas has been superb on defense for the Dodgers, but he's fighting to overcome his struggles at the plate following a hand injury.
bandwagon might be more two-door-coupe-sized than luxury SUV, but it gained one prominent passenger when the Dodgers shortstop sent a 103-mph laser over the left-field wall in Angel Stadium on March 27, an indication his surgically repaired right wrist was strong enough to regain his 2020-2021 form at the plate.said that night after his club’s second-to-last exhibition game. “His bat-to-ball skills, what he can do defensively … his play at shortstop is as good as I’ve seen.
Miguel Rojas, throwing to first base in a game against the New York Yankees on June 3, became the Dodgers’ primary shortstop after Gavin Lux suffered a season-ending knee injury in spring training. Rojas caught his right hand on a slide into third base in the first game after the All-Star break last July and hit .230 with a .557 OPS and no homers in his final 58 games. He underwent surgery to remove cartilage from the wrist in October and had a second procedure in January to remove a bone growth from the wrist.
“For me, it’s a way different feeling — I can trust my [top] hand that when I hit the ball on the barrel, the ball is going to do that,” Rojas said after that late-spring homer against Angels left-hander Tyler Anderson. “Last year, I was doing that, and the ball was caught by the left fielder.” Rojas’ average exit velocity of 88.1 mph and hard-hit rate of 34.8% are career highs, but so is his 38.3% chase rate, a considerable jump from his 30.6% career average.
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