CHICAGO -- When Josh Rojas first talked to the White Sox about joining the team via a one-year, $3.5 million deal, there wasn¡¯t much selling general manager Chris Getz had to do concerning his organization.

Not even coming off 121 losses in 2024, setting a record in the Modern Era (since 1901).

¡°Really, we discussed family stuff. ¡®How's my family going to fit in? What's the travel situations like?¡¯ Living situations,¡± Rojas said on a Zoom call Thursday. ¡°They didn't really have to sell me too much on what the organization has as talent.

¡°I kind of did all that research myself before I met with teams and looked at rosters. It was kind of a new opportunity for me to kind of play GM and see where the team is going and what direction they're heading.¡±

So, what did Rojas see in the rebuilding White Sox? A team with great prospects coming up on the pitching side, and a team that ran into a great deal of what Rojas termed ¡°bad luck¡± last season.

Of course, more than bad luck goes into losing as much as the South Siders did, but Rojas can relate, having played for the 110-loss D-backs in 2021. Two years later the D-backs made it to the World Series, which they lost to the Rangers in five games.

¡°It¡¯s not a lack of talent when you lose that many games,¡± Rojas said. ¡°In Arizona we had a lot of injuries. We had a lot of ballgames where we're winning games and [then] teams just put together crazy innings. When you're in a situation like that, it just feels like you're finding every way there is to lose games.

¡°It's a growing experience when you have a season like that. You grow closer. You learn what you have to do better. You learn what not to do, and a lot of times teams come out on the other side successful.¡±

Rojas, 30, was non-tendered by the Mariners on Nov. 22 but received interest from multiple teams following the move. White Sox assistant GM Josh Barfield, who knew Rojas from their time together in Arizona, was one of the first individuals to reach out.

The left-handed hitter finished 2024 with a .225/.304/.336 slash line over 142 games and 476 plate appearances for the Mariners, knocking out eight home runs, 19 doubles and two triples, with 31 RBIs, 48 runs scored and 10 stolen bases. He hit .318 with a .938 OPS in March/April before posting a .192 average with a .574 OPS over 57 second-half games.

Rojas has a career slash line of .247/.323/.362, having hit .266 with a .746 OPS, 20 homers, 57 doubles and 100 RBIs over 1,060 plate appearances for Arizona from 2021-22.

But his greatest value should come from his defensive versatility. Last season, Rojas played 131 games at third base, 11 at second, six in left field and one at first base, and he even pitched in two games. Over his six-year career, Rojas has played mostly at third (282 games) and second (150), with 44 games at shortstop and 43 in right.

¡°If it's what's going to keep me in the big leagues, I'm more than happy to play a new position every day. It's honestly kind of exciting for me,¡± he said. ¡°Obviously, I had a lot of success at third base being there every day last year. The more I get to do something, the more I'm going to get better at it.

¡°Now I look at it as, it's a position where I can go and be comfortable [and] that I've had a lot of reps at, but I'm willing to play second, short, first, left, right. They need a guy for a couple games in center? I'm willing to do it. I'm not going to ever come out and say, ¡®Hey, I just want to play one position.¡¯¡±

Bryan Ramos and Miguel Vargas are the White Sox present options at third base, with Brooks Baldwin and Lenyn Sosa at second, and Baldwin joining Sosa at shortstop. Colson Montgomery, ranked as MLB Pipeline¡¯s No. 4 White Sox prospect and No. 37 overall, will have a chance to break Spring Training as the team¡¯s starting shortstop, but Rojas could get regular at-bats across all three infield positions.

Adding Rojas also gives the White Sox a talented veteran who can help the team in the present with the potential of becoming a trade chip at the Deadline to advance the club¡¯s ongoing rebuild.