Rojas, 32, hasn’t played in the Majors since 2022 but is coming off a monster 2025 season with the Yankees’ Triple-A club. The left-handed slugger hit 32 home runs last year, leading the Triple-A International League and slashing .287/.379/.599 overall (153 wRC+). Since his last MLB appearance with the ’22 Angels, he has spent a year in the Korea Baseball Organization (.253/.345/.474 with the Doosan Bears) and bounced between the Triple-A clubs for the Pirates and Yankees.
All of Rojas’ big league experience comes from the Angels. He has struggled quite a bit, hitting just .188/.245/.339 with a strikeout rate of 28.6% – albeit in a relatively small sample size of 241 plate appearances. He has consistently torched Triple-A pitching in a much larger group of 2,050 plate appearances.
Defensively, Rojas has experience at all four corner positions and, to a lesser extent, second base (865 innings). He played exclusively in the outfield during his 2023 season in the KBO and has primarily played the infield and outfield corners since returning to North American ball. He will compete for a bench spot in camp and give the Mets a blow to keep in Triple-A if he doesn’t make the roster. Rojas also has a minor league option remaining, so if he is selected to the 40-man at any point, he could be shuttled between Syracuse and Queens without having to be exposed to waivers.
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