{"id":742,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/742","headline":"Miguel Rojas announces retirement after Dodgers' NLCS sweep","dek":"The 37-year-old told teammates it was over in the clubhouse after Los Angeles was swept out of the NLCS by the Brewers on Thursday night.","body":"Miguel Rojas is done playing baseball. The Dodgers infielder announced his retirement Thursday night, moments after Los Angeles was eliminated from the National League Championship Series in a sweep by the Brewers, ending the club's bid for a third straight World Series title.\n\nRojas, 37, had hinted at this moment for a while without ever fully committing to it. He made the call official in a postgame clubhouse meeting with teammates, closing out a run that included a memorable turn as a postseason contributor for the Dodgers. \"This is it,\" Rojas told reporters afterward. \"I don't even wanna take off my cleats right now.\"\n\nThe news caps an emotional night for a team that expected to be playing deeper into October. Rojas spent four years with the Dodgers and became a postseason fixture, with his retirement adding a personal coda to a season that ended short of the franchise's goal. Reports indicate he plans to remain with the organization in a new role going forward.","published_at":"2026-10-16T05:19:20.697634+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Dodgers $5.5M postseason hero officially announces retirement after NLCS loss to Brewers","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/dodgers-5-5m-postseason-hero-043758240.html"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Dodgers hero Miguel Rojas announces retirement as he plans to stay with team in new role","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/16/sports/dodgers-hero-miguel-rojas-announces-retirement/"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Miguel Rojas, hero of the 2025 World Series for the Dodgers, announces retirement","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7695095/2026/10/16/miguel-rojas-dodgers-retirement/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"World Series Hero Miguel Rojas Makes Final Decision on Retirement","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/world-series-hero-miguel-rojas-041003816.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Dodgers veteran Miguel Rojas pulled before first at-bat in final game of 13-year career","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/dodgers-veteran-miguel-rojas-pulled-before-first-at-bat-in-final-game-of-13-year-career-044625577.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Dodgers 2025 World Series hero announces retirement after NLCS sweep","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/dodgers-2025-world-series-hero-050902855.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Dodgers hero Miguel Rojas announces retirement as he plans to stay with team in new role","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/dodgers-hero-miguel-rojas-announces-045630604.html"},{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"Dodgers Infielder Miguel Rojas Announces Retirement After NLCS Defeat","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/dodgers-infielder-miguel-rojas-announces-retirement-after-nlcs-defeat"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Miguel Rojas announces his retirement following Dodgers' NLCS loss","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/miguel-rojas-announces-retirement-following-052803207.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Miguel Rojas announces retirement after Brewers sweep Dodgers in NLCS","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/miguel-rojas-announces-retirement-brewers-065142406.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"8-Year Los Angeles Dodgers Player Announces Retirement After Playoff Elimination","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/8-los-angeles-dodgers-player-071340913.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/9c14d0754c4360b42b3785f5f76b6eed35af927aae463670e30467b22362c419/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200_h675%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fthe_sporting_news_articles_584%2Fddb1a159ccc152b44734fe09123d6cf4","credit":"Yahoo Sports","width":1200},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}