One of my favorite baseball (if not all of sports) tropes is the, “Unheralded prospect reaches the majors and succeeds beyond expectations.” It is exactly the type of underdog, perseverant, hopeful story and dynamic that sports so uniquely deliver on a seemingly endless basis. Josh Rojas absolutely typifies that trope from his biography and background to his resurgent 2021 campaign for a woeful D-Backs club and finally a follow-up 2022 season where he demonstrated what he could contribute to a team looking to turn the corner back into contention.
However, despite the feel-good nature of his story, Rojas’ future with the D-Backs is not completely secure beyond 2023 and he may need to find another gear for his performance before we can all start penciling him into the next great D-Backs team.