Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Miguel Rojas acquired the textual content of all texts when president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman.
The textual content got here in late at night time asking Rojas to run one thing by him.
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“Once I acquired that message, I nearly pooped my pants,” Rojas stated on The Chris Rose Present. “I assumed I used to be getting let go or I used to be getting traded.”
Rojas delay replying to Friedman however as soon as he did, it took an hour or two for the veteran to get a response leaving him in panic mode till his cellphone lastly rang.
“Andrew lastly referred to as me and stated that he needed to offer me a name to clarify the state of affairs of getting the chance to signal Roki Sasaki however one of many issues he stated he needed to have was No. 11.
“When he lastly advised that’s was a few quantity, I assumed, ‘Andrew, you must have simply texted me. You recognize, ‘Hey I want No. 11’ and I say, ‘Bro, that’s not even a query.’
“So long as we’re getting higher and so long as this man looks like I’m doing one thing for him to signal, and if I did, I hope it makes his resolution just a little bit simpler. Hopefully, I’m the final man to put on No. 11 earlier than he retires as a result of I’m fairly positive he’s going to have an extended profession right here and I’m excited to see what he’s going to convey.”
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Rojas modified to No. 72 after giving his quantity to Sasaki, a nod to his early MLB days. It’s the identical quantity he wore on June 6, 2014, when he debuted with the Dodgers.
On the time, Rojas didn’t really feel any sort of attachment to the quantity as a result of it was simply assigned to him at spring coaching. However now, it has a much bigger which means.
“It felt proper to return again to No. 72,” Rojas stated. “Hopefully it brings just a little little bit of youngness with me, as a result of I’m not getting any youthful.”
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