Of the four Dodgers eligible for salary arbitration this offseason, relief pitcher Brusdar Graterol was the one with the easiest salary to predict. So perhaps it’s not a surprise that his one-year deal to avoid arbitration was the first one reported.
By contrast, Graterol by contrast is expected to be ready to pitch once spring training begins.
Graterol in 2024 missed time with shoulder trouble and a hamstring strain, and was limited to only 10 games that season. But he’s been one of the Dodgers’ most-trusted relievers this decade when healthy, utilizing soft contact and a high 61.9-percent groundball rate to produce a 2.69 ERA and 3.03 xERA in 178 games and 181 innings from 2020-24.
With five years, 167 days of major league service time, Graterol will be a free agent after this season. He was a Super Two player in 2023, among the top 22 percent in service time of players with at least two but not yet three years of service time. He made $1.225 million that season, and earned $2.7 million in 2024.