Dodgers' Rojas: Winning 120 games is 'the expectation'

After watching the Los Angeles Dodgers add even more star power this winter, Miguel Rojas believes his team has the tools to break records.

"I mean, you throw those guys out there, you win 120 games," Rojas said Monday on "The Chris Rose Rotation" podcast. "I know it's a lot, but with that roster, you're supposed to go out there and win."

When host Chris Rose asked Rojas if 120 wins is a goal for the Dodgers, the veteran infielder responded with confidence. "I don't think it's a goal - it's an expectation," he said. "It's the expectation that we have. Like, it's winning every single day. That's why I put a number on it.

"I'm not gonna shy (away) off telling you that we're not able to win 120 games with that team that we have. If everybody is showing that they're committed to do their part, it's possible. It's possible that we can win 115 games, 120 games, with that team being healthy and everybody ready to go."

MLB's single-season record of 116 wins is shared by the 1906 Chicago Cubs and 2001 Seattle Mariners, though both failed to win the World Series. Of the seven teams that won at least 110 games in a campaign, only three became champions.

It's easy to see why Rojas believes the 2025 Dodgers will rewrite the record book. Los Angeles boasts three MVPs - Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, and Freddie Freeman - at the top of its lineup, followed by All-Stars Teoscar Hernández, Max Muncy, and Will Smith. All-Star Tyler Glasnow and former Japanese MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto are also returning atop the rotation.

The Dodgers augmented this core by signing Blake Snell, Roki Sasaki, Tanner Scott, Kirby Yates, Michael Conforto, and Hyeseong Kim. Ohtani will also be able to pitch again, perhaps as soon as May, and L.A. is still likely to re-sign Clayton Kershaw.

Rojas - who projects as a backup infielder - noted that the Dodgers felt they "didn't have the best team" in 2024 due to a patchwork playoff rotation and multiple question marks. This year's squad, he says, is so deep and powerful that L.A. won't need to rely as much on role players to step up.

"That's why this (2024) team was special, not just because (of) the talent. If you think about it, you have three starters, and you don't have all the stuff that we have right now. We didn't have Glasnow, we didn't have our other young starters that they're supposed to be (there)."

He added: "We won because we were a team who showed character, and we were ready to play. This year, if everybody's healthy, it's another story."