{"id":511069,"date":"2026-01-08T09:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/511069\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T09:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:57:14","slug":"dodgers-brusdar-graterol-avoid-arbitration-ahead-of-2026-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/511069\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers, Brusdar Graterol Avoid Arbitration Ahead of 2026 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers and reliever Brusdar Graterol agreed at a $2.8 million salary for the 2026 season, avoiding arbitration.<\/p>\n<p>More news: <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/dodgers-would-have-to-pay-110-percent-tax-penalty-to-sign-free-agent-outfielder-kyle-tucker\/2026\/01\/07\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dodgers Would Have to Pay 110 Percent Tax Penalty to Sign Free Agent Outfielder Kyle Tucker<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MLB insider Robert Murray was the first to confirm the news.<\/p>\n<p>Graterol missed all of last season due to a shoulder labrum tear that he sustained in 2024. There was speculation the right-hander would return for the postseason, but he announced he would not be returning in October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to tell all my Dodgers fanbase that I would have liked to be in the postseason but my rehabilitation hasn\u2019t been easy, so I\u2019ve already changed my mindset for 2026,\u201d Graterol wrote in a post translated to English. \u201cThanks to everyone for always being attentive, I love you Dodgers fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Me gustar\u00eda decirle a toda mi fanaticada de los Dodgers , que me fuera gustado estar en la postemporada pero mi rehabilitaci\u00f3n no ha sido f\u00e1cil , as\u00ed que  ya cambi\u00e9 mi mentalidad para 2026 , gracias a todos por siempre estar pendiente, los quiero fan\u00e1ticos de los Dogders ?\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d6T5gkVvY1\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/d6T5gkVvY1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 brusdar graterol (@BrusdarGraterol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrusdarGraterol\/status\/1973824922125545696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 2, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the 2024 season, Graterol has played in just 10 total games (regular season and postseason). The right-hander didn\u2019t make his 2024 season debut until August because of a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n<p>He returned for one game before sustaining a hamstring strain that sidelined him an additional month. Graterol made six appearances for the Dodgers in September before dealing with shoulder inflammation.<\/p>\n<p>The right-hander made his way back for the 2024 World Series, making three appearances. Graterol underwent labrum surgery in the offseason and had tried to work his way back for the 2025 postseason.<\/p>\n<p>While he didn\u2019t make it back for the Dodgers\u2019 World Series run last year, he is set to return this season.<\/p>\n<p>Graterol\u2019s last full season was the 2023 campaign, where he made 68 appearances. The right-hander sported a 1.20 ERA across 67.1 innings pitched.<\/p>\n<p>Graterol has been with the Dodgers since 2020 when he was part of the trade that sent Kenta Maeda to the Minnesota Twins. Across five seasons with LA, Graterol has made 178 regular season appearances for the Dodgers, producing a 2.69 ERA with 11 saves across 181 innings. In the postseason, Graterol has made 24 appearances with a 1.93 ERA across 23.1 innings.<\/p>\n<p>Graterol is set to become a free agent in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>More news: <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/dodgers-reliever-top-prospect-left-in-uncertain-situation-with-venezuelan-winter-league-suspended\/2026\/01\/07\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dodgers Reliever, Top Prospect Left in Uncertain Situation With Venezuelan Winter League Suspended<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sab-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/path\/to\/app-icon.png\" alt=\"App icon\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LA Baseball Report<\/p>\n<p>Get the app for faster news<\/p>\n<p> <a id=\"sab-cta\" class=\"sab-cta\" href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GET<\/a> \u00d7<br \/>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Dodgers and reliever Brusdar Graterol agreed at a $2.8 million salary for the 2026 season,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,1150],"class_list":{"0":"post-511069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-brusdar-graterol"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115858889202298862","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}