23 Facts About Victor Rojas

Victor Manuel Rojas was born on February 3,1968 and is an American baseball executive and former broadcaster.

Victor Rojas currently serves as the president and general manager of the Frisco RoughRiders.

Victor Rojas is the son of former major-league player and manager Cookie Victor Rojas.

Victor Rojas played college baseball as a pitcher and catcher at the College of the Desert in Palm Desert, California, and Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho.

Victor Rojas pitched in the California Angels minor league system in the early 1990s.

Victor Rojas was a member of the Florida Marlins baseball staff in 1993 serving as the bullpen catcher during the inaugural season.

Victor Rojas was a radio and television announcer for the Newark Bears of the independent Atlantic League for two years, and served as the franchise's general manager.

Victor Rojas worked as a broadcaster for MLB Radio in 2002 and 2003 on the All-Star Game and the Arizona Fall League.

Victor Rojas moved up to the radio booth for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2003.

Victor Rojas joined the Rangers in 2004, replacing Vince Cotroneo.

Victor Rojas worked with lead announcer Eric Nadel on all regular-season games and a number of spring training games.

Victor Rojas did play-by-play for two pairs of the middle innings and provided color commentary for Nadel during the other innings.

Victor Rojas has worked multiple Rangers games on television as a fill-in announcer for regular play-by-play man Josh Lewin or color commentator Tom Grieve, and he has appeared on ESPN.

Victor Rojas was the first personality to appear on camera when MLB Network launched on January 1,2009, serving as the first host on Hot Stove.

Victor Rojas called play-by-play for some of MLB Network's Thursday Night Baseball telecasts.

On March 3,2010, Victor Rojas was named the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's TV play-by-play announcer for Fox Sports West, succeeding Rory Markas who died in January and TV play-by-play announcer Steve Physioc and former Major League Baseball player and game analyst Rex Hudler, whose contracts expired after the 2009 season.

Victor Rojas is partnered with color commentator Mark Gubicza on the broadcasts.

Victor Rojas was hired by TBS to handle play-by-play duties for the 2011 NLDS featuring the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Milwaukee Brewers.

In November 2020, Victor Rojas revealed that he had interviewed with the Los Angeles Angels for their vacant general manager position.

On January 9,2021, Victor Rojas announced via Twitter that he would be stepping away from broadcasting to focus on his family and apparel company.

On January 11,2021, it was announced that Victor Rojas had been hired by Texas Rangers Double-A affiliate Frisco RoughRiders as their president and general manager.

Victor Rojas's father Cookie was an MLB player for 15 seasons and a manager for two.

Victor Rojas is in broadcasting, currently doing Spanish color commentary for the Miami Marlins.