Miguel Rojas has spot-on, forceful response to incorrect Dodgers suspension drama

On Monday, Evan Drellich of The Athletic reported that "Miguel Rojas of the Los Angeles Dodgers has been suspended 80 games for use of a banned substance."

It immediately set Twitter (specifically Blue Jays Twitter) ablaze, but Drellich snuffed it out when he deleted the tweet two minutes later and issued a quick correction: it was Johan Rojas of the Phillies who was being suspended for PED usage.

Dodgers fans breathed a long sigh of relief, and Blue Jays fans had to crawl back to where they came from.

Drellich should be relieved that Rojas isn't on Twitter — and certainly that he isn't on Twitter to the extent that, say, Andrew McCutchen is. Dodgers fans know Rojas well now that he's entering his fifth season in LA, and we knew that any response he would have would've been irate.

And we were right. In an appearance on Chris Rose Sports, Rojas immediately pushed back against Rose's assertion that Drellich had mistyped Rojas' name.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Rojas said, stopping him. "He didn't mistype my name. He did it with all the intention to put my name and the organization's name on that tweet. One thing is to mistype my name and say 'Miguel Rojas got suspended. That's a fair mistake you can commit. But when you say 'Miguel Rojas from the Los Angeles Dodgers,' that's what I'm not good with."

Miguel Rojas had characteristically fiery response to Evan Drellich misreporting Johan Rojas' PED suspension

"As a reporter, you have to have some ability to be a professional as well and apologize not just to me, but to the organization, because you don't even know how Andrew Friedman felt after these accusations that, for six minutes, kind of rumbled my whole world and got so many people around me and around us worried because one guy 'made a mistake,'" Rojas continued. "I'm totally okay with making mistakes, but at the end of the day, I was expecting an apology."

Rose asked Rojas to confirm that Drellich had not reached out personally to apologize. "He didn't call me or try to reach out or anything. [...] It's bulls—."

After Rojas' podcast appearance started to gain traction, Drellich issued an official apology on Twitter on Wednesday, noting that he had reached out to Rojas, the Dodgers, and Rojas' agent.

Rojas isn't always right. In fact, he goes on to podcasts and says things he shouldn't more frequently than he should. But in this case, there may be some merit to his accusation of Drellich acting intentionally. He probably saw "Rojas" and jumped the gun, delighted that there was something that was cast a pall over LA's World Series win.

Rojas said that this is the last anyone will hear about the incident from him. While we sort of doubt that's true, we're just glad that the conversation going forward won't be about how the Dodgers need to deal with the PR nightmare that would've commenced if Drellich's reporting had been accurate.