{"id":510272,"date":"2026-01-07T21:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/510272\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T21:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:28:12","slug":"josh-rojas-signs-minor-league-deal-with-royals-josh-rojas-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/510272\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Rojas signs minor league deal with Royals &#8211; Josh Rojas News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasypros.com\/mlb\/players\/josh-rojas.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767821292_269_70x70.png\" alt=\"Josh Rojas\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #878787; font-size: 13px;\">\n                      by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasypros.com\/news\/correspondents\/david-leisering.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Leisering<\/a> | Wed, Jan 7th 3:43pm EST                    <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px; clear: both;\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasypros.com\/mlb\/players\/josh-rojas.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Rojas<\/a><a href=\"#\" class=\"fp-player-link fp-id-26964\" fp-player-name=\"Josh Rojas\"\/> has signed a minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals. The contract includes an invitation to MLB Spring Training. (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Feinsand\/status\/2008986813441167631?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mark Feinsand on X<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">INF\/OF Josh Rojas has agreed to a Minor League deal with the Royals, per source. Rojas gets a non-roster invite to big-league camp.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Feinsand\/status\/2008986813441167631?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fantasy Impact:<\/p>\n<p>Rojas heads to Kansas City after playing in the White Sox&#8217; organization last season. He played 69 games in Chicago and batted just .180 in 211 plate appearances. However, Rojas has had success at the big league level as he is a .241 lifetime hitter in more than 2,300 plate appearances. In 2021 and 2022, Rojas hit a combined .266 with 20 home runs and 32 stolen bases with the Diamondbacks. He will attempt to fill a utility role on the Royals&#8217; opening day roster.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #878787; position: relative;\">Category:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasypros.com\/mlb\/transactions.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Transactions<\/a> |<br \/>\nMore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasypros.com\/mlb\/players\/josh-rojas.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Rojas<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasypros.com\/mlb\/news\/josh-rojas.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasypros.com\/mlb\/players\/josh-rojas.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rankings<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasypros.com\/mlb\/projections\/josh-rojas.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Projections<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasypros.com\/mlb\/stats\/josh-rojas.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stats<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"by David Leisering | Wed, Jan 7th 3:43pm EST Josh Rojas has signed a minor league deal with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2387],"tags":[5,936,2123,55,2596,2595,4,252],"class_list":{"0":"post-510272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-royals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-kansas","10":"tag-kansas-city","11":"tag-kansas-city-royals","12":"tag-kansascity","13":"tag-kansascityroyals","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115855944109345139","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}