{"id":551000,"date":"2026-02-02T21:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/551000\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T21:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:09:16","slug":"miguel-rojas-has-no-doubt-dodgers-will-sign-kike-hernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/551000\/","title":{"rendered":"Miguel Rojas Has &#8216;No Doubt&#8217; Dodgers Will Sign Kik\u00e9 Hernandez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Miguel Rojas is fully confident the Dodgers will re-sign free agent Kik\u00e9 Hernandez before the end of the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m in constant communication with Kik\u00e9,\u201d Rojas said. \u201cI have no doubt that he\u2019s gonna be back. Everybody in this clubhouse wants him back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rojas continued to provide some insight on why the Dodgers haven\u2019t yet made a move on the fan favorite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt definitely has something to do with his injury and the stuff that he\u2019s going through right now,\u201d Rojas said. \u201cHe\u2019s not gonna be ready until a couple months into the season, but I\u2019m crossing my fingers and keeping the hope that we\u2019re going to have Kik\u00e9 because we all know how important he is for the clubhouse, for the organization, for the fans, for the city of L.A., and he deserves to be with us too.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Miguel Rojas told me that he has no doubt that Kik\u00e9 Hernandez will be back with the Dodgers, and that he will miss the first couple months. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m in constant communication with Kik\u00e9. I have no doubt that he&#8217;s gonna be back. Everybody in this clubhouse wants him back.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dwRKMSo0le\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/dwRKMSo0le<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Doug McKain (@DMAC_LA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DMAC_LA\/status\/2017750603213246530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 1, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Hernandez underwent surgery to repair his <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/dodgers-kike-hernandez-announces-he-underwent-major-surgery\/2025\/11\/15\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">elbow extension muscle<\/a> at the beginning of the offseason, and revealed he originally suffered the injury in May. The veteran played through the injury but paid the price, and will now miss out on the 2026 World Baseball Classic as well as the beginning of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Miguel-Rojas-and-Kike-Hernandez.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Dodgers veterans Kik\u00e9 Hernandez and Miguel Rojas celebrating during the 2025 World Series.\" class=\"wp-image-297568\"  \/>Oct 31, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Enrique Hernandez (8) and second baseman Miguel Rojas (72) and shortstop Mookie Betts (50) celebrate after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays in game six of the 2025 MLB World Series at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-Imagn ImagesHow Long Has Kik\u00e9 Hernandez Been With the Dodgers?<\/p>\n<p>The utility man originally came to the Dodgers ahead of the 2025 season, arriving from the Miami Marlins via trade. He played the next six seasons of his career with the Dodgers, serving as an important piece to a team which eventually went on to win the World Series in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>After the 2020 season, though, Hernandez entered free agency and signed with the Boston Red Sox. He remained in the American League until 2023, when the Red Sox traded him back to L.A.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez has been with the team since, and has added two more championships to his repertoire since returning. During his nine total seasons as a Dodger, Hernandez has hit 95 home runs and tallied 320 RBIs and has a .713 OPS.<\/p>\n<p>Even after such a successful career in L.A., the 34-year-old isn\u2019t quite done yet. Should the Dodgers bring him back \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/dodgers-expected-to-bring-back-fan-favorite-kike-hernandez\/2025\/12\/09\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as many like Rojas expect them to<\/a> \u2014 he\u2019ll look to continue serving as a contributor to a Dodgers team in search of the first three-peat in franchise history<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sab-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/path\/to\/app-icon.png\" alt=\"App icon\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LA Baseball Report<\/p>\n<p>Get the app for faster news<\/p>\n<p> <a id=\"sab-cta\" class=\"sab-cta\" href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GET<\/a> \u00d7<br \/>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Miguel Rojas is fully confident the Dodgers will re-sign free agent Kik\u00e9 Hernandez before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[5,39,5953,1165,4332,4333,774,57,3224,4331,8935,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-551000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-dodgers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-dodgers","10":"tag-kike-hernandez","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-la-dodgers","13":"tag-ladodgers","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-losangelesdodgers","18":"tag-miguel-rojas","19":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116003089753756898","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551000","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=551000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}