{"id":24378,"date":"2025-02-08T07:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T07:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=24378"},"modified":"2025-02-08T07:23:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T07:23:00","slug":"miguel-rojas-sets-unthinkable-expectation-for-dodgers-2025-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=24378","title":{"rendered":"Miguel Rojas Sets Unthinkable Expectation for Dodgers&#8217; 2025 Season!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wrapper_1vgzeyt\">\n<div class=\"style_1q03211\">\n<figure class=\"base_1ruub6q\" data-mm-type=\"image\"><picture class=\"base_1emrqjj\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"base_1emrqjj\" title=\"Sep 16, 2024; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Miguel Rojas (11) celebrates with teammates after scoring a run against the Atlanta Braves in the seventh inning at Truist Park. 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They also brought back Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez and Blake Treinen while extending Tommy Edman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_xqba3v0x3\">One infielder believes this roster is capable of something no team has ever done: Breaking the single-season wins record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_c9sykh88b\">The 2001 Mariners&#8217; 116 wins remain the record, with only the 2021 Dodgers coming close at 111. But neither of those teams won the World Series, which remains Los Angeles\u2019 primary focus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_3kohf6ru5\">&#8220;This year, if everybody&#8217;s healthy you&#8217;ll win 120 games,&#8221; Miguel Rojas said on The Chris Rose Show. &#8220;With that roster? I know it&#8217;s a lot but with that roster you&#8217;re supposed to go out there and win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_5fhmfmza3\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a goal, it&#8217;s an expectation. It&#8217;s the expectation that we have. 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Last season, they came within one loss of another early exit against the Padres.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_mr9w7feno\">If the Dodgers reach 120 wins and stay healthy into the postseason, stopping them from reaching their goal won\u2019t be easy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sep 16, 2024; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Miguel Rojas (11) celebrates with teammates after scoring a run against the Atlanta Braves in the seventh&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Miguel Rojas Sets Unthinkable Expectation for Dodgers&#039; 2025 Season! 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