Mike Rojas

Rojas pitching batting practice, 2012

Seattle Mariners – No. 48

Bullpen Coach

Born: April 17, 1963
Miami, Florida

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

Teams

Detroit Tigers (2011–2013)
Seattle Mariners (2014–present)

Miguel Angel Rojas (born April 17, 1963, in Miami, Florida) is an American professional baseball coach and the 2014–2015 bullpen coach of the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball.^[1] A former coach, minor league manager and player development official with the Detroit Tigers' organization, he joined the Mariners' staff under new skipper Lloyd McClendon, who was the hitting coach under Jim Leyland when he and Rojas were with the Tigers.

Rojas is the son of former MLB second baseman, coach, manager and scout Cookie Rojas, still in baseball as a television analyst on the Miami Marlins' Spanish network. Rojas' brother Victor is the TV play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Mike Rojas joined the Tigers' organization in 2004 and was named Detroit's MLB bullpen coach since July 3, 2011,^[2] when his predecessor, Jeff Jones, was promoted to Detroit's pitching coach position. He served in that post until the end of the 2013 season.

Previously, he had held posts as the Tigers' director of player development, field coordinator of instruction, roving minor league catching instructor and minor league manager at the Short Season-A, Class A and Triple-A levels. He has also managed in the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros and Chicago White Sox organizations. From 1987–1991, he coached in the college ranks as an assistant with St. Thomas University (Florida).^[3]

Rojas is a former catcher who played in the Oakland Athletics and Toronto Blue Jays farm systems during the 1980s. His Baseball-Reference page^[4] lists him as playing only in 1983–1984, but his mlb.com biography credits him with four years of minor league service, through 1986.^[3] He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg) as an active player.

References

External links

Official bio on MLB.com

Preceded by Jeff Jones	Detroit Tigers bullpen coach 2011–2013	Succeeded by Mick Billmeyer
Preceded by Jaime Navarro	Seattle Mariners bullpen coach 2014–2015	Succeeded by Incumbent

Seattle Mariners current roster

Active roster	1 Chris Taylor 2 Jesús Sucre 3 Mike Zunino 4 Ketel Marte 7 Seth Smith 8 Nori Aoki 10 Jesús Montero 12 Leonys Martín 13 Nate Karns 15 Kyle Seager 16 Luis Sardiñas 17 Stefen Romero 18 Hisashi Iwakuma 20 Wade Miley 21 Franklin Gutiérrez 22 Robinson Canó 23 Nelson Cruz 25 Justin De Fratus 26 Adam Lind 28 Steve Baron 29 Ryan Cook 31 Steve Cishek 32 Steve Clevenger 33 Chris Iannetta 34 Félix Hernández 36 Shawn O'Malley 37 Mike Montgomery 38 Vidal Nuño 40 Boog Powell 41 Charlie Furbush 44 Taijuan Walker 47 Joe Wieland 48 Mayckol Guaipe 49 Jonathan Aro 53 Joaquín Benoit 55 Tony Zych 57 Cody Martin 58 Evan Scribner 59 David Rollins 65 James Paxton

Coaching staff	Manager 9 Scott Servais Bench 27 Tim Bogar First base 43 Casey Candaele Third base 14 Manny Acta Hitting 11 Edgar Martínez Pitching 30 Mel Stottlemyre, Jr. Bullpen 46 Mike Hampton Quality Control 88 Chris Prieto Bullpen Catcher 66 Fleming Baez Batting Practice Pitcher 89 Nasuel Cabrera

Toledo Mud Hens managers

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