Brusdar Graterol

Brusdar Graterol avoided arbitration and signed a one-year extension with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The contract is worth $2.8 million.

Fantasy Impact

Graterol rejoins the Dodgers' bullpen after battling injuries over the past two seasons. He missed all of last year and pitched only seven games in a Los Angeles uniform in 2024. Graterol, still only 27, has served as a high-leverage reliever for the Dodgers in the past and is 10-8 with 11 saves and a 2.69 ERA in 178 games with Los Angeles. Despite regularly hitting triple digits on the radar gun, Graterol's strikeout rate is only 19.5%, but he does have a ground ball rate of 61.7% for his career with his heavy sinker. Since he's coming back from two injury-marred seasons, the Dodgers will likely ease him back into the bullpen.

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Brandon Gomes said that Brusdar Graterol will be "full-go" for spring training.

Fantasy Impact

Graterol missed the entire 2025 season after undergoing right shoulder labrum surgery in November 2024. He began a throwing program during the second half of the year and is expected to be ready for spring training. The right-hander is projected to pitch out of the Los Angeles Dodgers' bullpen in 2026, likely in a low-leverage role to begin the season.

Los Angeles Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said that Brusdar Graterol is not expected to return this season.

Fantasy Impact

While Graterol has begun a throwing progression, he has not been able to ramp up his activity enough to be ready to pitch during the postseason. He is recovering from labrum surgery on his right shoulder that he underwent last November.

Brusdar Graterol is currently working through a throwing progression at the Los Angeles Dodgers' spring training complex in Arizona.

Fantasy Impact

Graterol continues to recover from right shoulder surgery that has sidelined him for the entire season. While the Dodgers are proceeding with the expectation that he will not return during the regular season, they have not ruled out a potential return for the postseason.

Brusdar Graterol (shoulder) is unlikely to pitch for the Dodgers this year.

Fantasy Impact

Graterol has been out rehabbing from shoulder all season. There was some hope that the big righty would be able to return to the Dodgers' bullpen down the stretch, but manager Dave Roberts indicated that the chances of that are "slim."