Miguel Rojas On Decision To Visit Capitol Hill, White House: 'i'm Representing The Dodgers'

NEW YORK — Miguel Rojas’ disconnected time successful Washington started early. Before visiting nan White House, he and chap World Series leader Will Klein and head Dave Roberts met pinch members of Congress connected Thursday morning.

“Other than going to nan White House, location were a batch of group from California, senators from California that are not conscionable group who activity for nan government, but they’re Dodgers fans arsenic well,” Rojas said Friday earlier nan Dodgers’ bid opener against nan Mets. “So it’s beautiful cool to springiness group that watch games and support america passim nan twelvemonth [an opportunity] to get to spot us.”

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) posted connected X, “Think we tin do this each year, @Dodgers?” pinch 3 photos — 1 of himself pinch their back-to-back World Series trophies, different posing pinch a World Series ringing connected his finger, and a group changeable that included Rojas, Roberts, Klein and Dodgers president Stan Kasten.

Rep. Luz Rivas (D-North Hollywood), whose territory includes respective San Fernando Valley neighborhoods, posted connected societal media that she thanked Rojas for hitting his tying location tally successful Game 7of nan World Series.

“Thank you to Miguel and nan squad for stopping by Capitol Hill,” she posted connected X. “We can’t hold to invited them backmost again adjacent twelvemonth (with a THIRD trophy, perhaps?...).”

The Dodgers’ sojourn to nan White House connected Thursday disappointment nan information of their instrumentality guidelines that wanted their squad to guidelines up against nan president’s anti-immigration policies.

Only 2 players connected nan progressive roster who were portion of nan 2025 World Series squad did not attend: shortstop Mookie Betts, who told reporters he’d alternatively walk clip pinch his family, and reliever Edgardo Henriquez, who declined to remark via Dodgers PR.

“This is thing that I don’t really deliberation astir [being] political,” Rojas said of visiting Capitol Hill and nan White House. “...I’m representing nan Dodgers, and I’m going to these events conscionable because I’m portion of nan Dodgers, and nan Dodgers are deciding to spell there. And I feel, arsenic a professional, your occupation doesn’t conscionable extremity erstwhile nan crippled is over. You person to do immoderate things extracurricular nan section that sometimes are tied to occurrence and to nan things that you do connected nan field. So, for me, it’s a privilege to get nan opportunity to spell to a spot wherever you will ne'er beryllium if you don’t person occurrence successful sports.”

Roberts, who has besides talked astir separating nan sojourn from politics, kept his reappraisal brief.

“It was good,” he said. “It was an grant to beryllium there.”

Ohtani update

Dodgers two-way prima Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to propulsion a bullpen convention Saturday, his 2nd since receiving an injection successful his near knee astatine nan opening of nan All-Star break.

“That’s nan beauty of wherever we’re astatine correct now,” Roberts said. “We’re not going to push him. There’s changeless speech going connected each day. But nan main point is pinch Shohei and this pitching point is to stay nimble.”

Even if Ohtani’s bullpen goes well, Roberts said he astir apt won’t beryllium fresh to return to nan rotation adjacent week.

“That’s excessively early,” Roberts said. “I consciousness bully that it won’t beryllium adjacent week.”