The Chicago White Sox signed versatile veteran infielder Josh Rojas to a one-year deal, a source confirmed to the Tribune on Thursday. The move is pending a physical.
Rojas, 30, slashed .225/.304/.336 with 19 doubles, eight home runs and 31 RBIs in 142 games in 2024 with the Seattle Mariners.
He has a .247/.323/.362 slash line for his career with 100 doubles, 34 home runs, 189 RBIs and 59 stolen bases in 569 games during portions of six big-league seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks (2019-23) and Mariners (2023-24).
Rojas reached career highs in hits (128), runs (69), doubles (32), home runs (11) and walks (58) in 2021. He had career highs in batting average (.269), RBIs (56) and stolen bases (23) the following season.
Financial terms of the deal with the Sox are unknown. MLB.com’s Scott Merkin first reported the signing.
Rojas made 106 starts at third base, seven at second base and three in left field in 2024. He also made one appearance at first base and pitched twice. He has 237 career starts at third, 122 at second, 46 in left field, 35 at shortstop and 32 in right field.
Third-base options for the Sox also include Miguel Vargas, Bryan Ramos and Lenyn Sosa.
Vargas, acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers in a three-team trade that also included the St. Louis Cardinals, was 14-for-135 (.104) with two home runs and seven RBIs in 42 games with the Sox. Ramos had a .202/.252/.333 slash line with three home runs and 11 RBIs in 32 games as a rookie.
Sosa made 47 starts at third and 44 at second for the Sox in 2024.
