Miguel Rojas Playing In Choque De Gigantes Baseball Tournament

The tournament is intended to bring baseball fans together while supporting ongoing earthquake relief and recovery efforts in Venezuela through Global Empowerment Mission and We Love Venezuela Foundation.

A portion of ticket revenue from both games and sales from commemorative souvenir cups will support relief efforts. Additionally, a portion of proceeds from the 50/50 Raffle at each game will benefit Global Empowerment Mission. Fans may also donate requested supplies at designated collection points when entering loanDepot park.

Rojas’ participation represents a homecoming of sorts as he previously spent eight seasons with the Miami Marlins and still lives in the South Beach area to this day.

Rojas ended up finishing his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers and will forever be remembered for his game-tying home run in Game 7 of the 2025 World Series. A leader on and off the field, he is now expected to transition into a player development role with the Dodgers.

Miguel Rojas wanted to play in WBC

Rojas’ playing in Choque de Gigantes comes after he was denied a chance to represent Venezuela in the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Rojas wasn’t able to participate due to a WBC stipulation that denies insurance coverage to players 37 or older.”

“Definitely disappointed,” Rojas said at the time. “I’m not happy with the way things are. I didn’t know that my chance to go represent my country for the first and only time, probably as a player, was going to get cut because of an insurance problem.

“Even though we know we have to be ready for the season, and we have to play and be ready for our contract. At the end of the day, we didn’t know all those stipulations were going to be in place the way they are right now.

“My only question is, why is it just with our countries? Venezuela, Puerto Rico, we’ve seen a couple of Dominican players. I don’t see that happening with the United States or happening with Japan.

“I’m not trying to attack anybody, or attack what’s going on, or see what’s happening behind the scenes. But at the end of the day, it feels like it’s just happening with the players who want to represent their country from Latin America. So there are a lot of things I would like to talk about with someone in control, with someone from MLB.

“It’s really hard to not have the opportunity to put my country on my chest and have the opportunity to represent them and help win a World Baseball Classic. Not having the opportunity to do it because I’m 37 years old—that’s not right. I don’t feel that’s right.

“If I can still play in the big leagues for the Dodgers, why not go play for my team in Venezuela and represent my country?”