Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Josh Rojas was born June 30, 1994, in Glendale, Arizona. He is a third baseman in the MLB.

Rojas attended Millennium High School in Goodyear, Arizona and played college baseball at Paradise Valley Community College and the University of Hawaii. In 2015, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. In 2017, his senior year at Hawaii, he hit .294 with five home runs and 25 RBIs in fifty games.

Rojas made his professional debut with the Quad Cities River Bandits and also played in four games for the Fresno Grizzlies. In 56 games for the year, he hit .261 with ten home runs and forty RBIs. He played 2018 with the Buies Creek Astros and Corpus Christi Hooks, earning Texas League All-Star honors. In 130 total games between both teams, he slashed .263/.351/.408 with eight home runs, 55 RBIs, and 38 stolen bases. He started 2019 with Corpus Christi before being promoted to the Round Rock Express.

On August 12, 2019, the Diamondbacks selected Rojas' contract and promoted him to the major leagues. He made his major league debut that night versus the Colorado Rockies.

In 2020, Rojas slashed .180/.257/.180 in 17 games. 

Improved in the 2021 season, as he slashed .264/.341/.411 across 139 games, as he served in a utility role for the Diamondbacks.

On July 31, 2023, the Diamondbacks traded Rojas, Dominic Canzone, and Ryan Bliss to the Seattle Mariners for Paul Sewald.