SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- As he had done with the four previous players who went to a salary arbitration hearing during his time as general manager, Mike Hazen sat down Friday morning with D-backs infielder Josh Rojas to discuss what happened in the hearing room earlier this week.

The D-backs won their arbitration case against Rojas, with the decision being handed down Thursday. Rojas will make $2.575 million in 2023 instead of the $2.9 million he was seeking.

“He was a pro,” Hazen said of Rojas. “I'm sure he's disappointed. I would be disappointed.”

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For Hazen, meeting with a player the day after the arbitration process wraps up is about being accountable. In his mind, if he asks players and his staff to be accountable for things, he also must adhere to that.

“I, ultimately, am in charge of that,” Hazen said of what the club presents during a hearing. “And so what gets said, it's coming from me. I've done that with all five guys we've taken to arbitration, win or lose. I just feel like [it’s] out of respect to the process. And that's the same reason why I go to the hearing itself, because if we're going to poke holes in a player's performance, then I'm going to stand there and listen to it too.”

Hazen acquired Rojas as part of the blockbuster deal in 2019 that sent Zack Greinke to Houston. Rojas was the least-heralded player the D-backs received, but he has turned out to be by far the most productive.

“He's one of my favorite players,” Hazen said. “And he's one of our more resilient players. And he's one of our toughest players. And none of that's changing because of this process.

“We talked through … how we build upon this and next year, put himself in an even better position to do even better, because he's still going through this process multiple more times.”

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How Hazen conducted himself both during and after the hearing meant a lot to Rojas.

“Even the fact that he was there, you know, that’s a rarity,” Rojas said of Hazen’s presence in the hearing room. “It meant a lot for him to even show up and for him to come to me afterward. He basically just gave me the chance to, initially, tell him any hard feelings that I had. I told him I didn't have any. I knew what I was signing up for when I went there.

“It wasn’t an arbitration case where I was going in it feeling like they lowballed me and I deserve more and I feel like I should be paid more. It was a situation where I felt like the low amount was a good offer and there was a chance for me to win more. I’ll take that bet every time.”

Both Hazen and Rojas saw the news about Milwaukee pitcher Corbin Burnes being upset about what was said about him during his arbitration hearing. That might leave some hard feelings between the Brewers and their ace, a situation that seems to have been avoided with the D-backs.

“They definitely ride the line, but I didn’t walk out of there thinking that they said anything personally,” Rojas said. “They didn't attack any character issues. They didn’t attack anything that I felt was over the line. They took numbers and they presented them in a way that made me look worse than what I feel like I am, but that’s the whole goal.

“If you go to any court case, whether it’s a baseball arbitration case or you go to a trial where there’s prison on the line, both sides are trying to stretch the limits. And we did that; they did that -- and they won. I didn't feel like they crossed the line with anything that they said, that’s for sure.”

Given the alternative, that’s a win for both sides.