Dodgers' Miguel Rojas pushes back on payroll narrative: 'We're not looking for approval around the league'
'They're trying to blame someone for their losses, because we won the last two years and they're gonna blame it on the money.'
With the 2026 MLB season underway, the Los Angeles Dodgers are easily the team to beat. The dominant Dodgers appear nearly infallible as they begin their journey towards a World Series three-peat. But the team’s dominance, and its massive payroll, have also made it an easy team to hate.
Amid debates on whether the Dodgers are “bad for baseball,” players have continued to defend the team’s spending, which is near $400 million in total. In an interview with Jomboy’s Chris Rose released on Thursday, Dodgers infielder Miguel Rojas candidly dispelled the narrative about the team undercutting baseball. “I think that the Dodgers are great for baseball,” Rojas said.
“They’re trying to blame someone for their losses, because we won the last two years and they’re gonna blame it on the money. ” Miguel Rojas says the Dodgers don’t care what anyone thinks about how they’re operating and that other teams are just “trying to blame someone for their losses” pic. twitter.
com/LN6HVNw8SY — Chris Rose Sports (@ChrisRoseSports) March 26, 2026 Rojas pointed out how close the Dodgers came to not getting that second win, which came over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 7 . “We were two outs away from losing the World Series. The Blue Jays got the same opportunity (as) us to win the World Series, and they didn’t spend that much money, right?