The Royals have selected the contract of veteran infielder Josh Rojas from Triple-A Omaha, they announced Wednesday. Fellow infielder Jonathan India, who underwent season-ending shoulder surgery back in April, moves to the 60-day injured list to open a spot on the 40-man roster. Righty Stephen Kolek was placed on the family medical emergency list to open a spot on the active roster.
Rojas, 31, has experience in parts of seven big league seasons. He’s picked up more than five years of major league service between the D-backs, Mariners and White Sox. The second baseman/third baseman is a career .241/.317/.353 hitter, but his past few seasons haven’t gone well. Rojas was a productive infielder for Arizona in 2021-22 and had a decent run in Seattle after being traded there in 2023, but he hit just .211/.288/.313 in nearly 700 plate appearances between the M’s and ChiSox from ’24-’25.
Rojas has spent the 2026 season with Kansas City’s top minor league affiliate in Omaha. He’s posted a .246/.309/.433 line in 189 plate appearances — about 13% worse than league-average, by measure of wRC+. However, he’s been swinging a hot bat over the past month: .303/.357/.553 with just a 12.9% strikeout rate. Five of Rojas’ six home runs this season have come in his past 20 games.
More to come.
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