GLENDALE, Ariz. — Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Brusdar Graterol is not expected to be ready for the start of the season.
The team is taking it slow with the 27-year-old right-hander in his comeback from surgery for a torn labrum. Graterol last pitched for the Dodgers in the 2024 World Series.
Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts told reporters Wednesday the hard-throwing Graterol won’t be on the active roster for opening day.
New York Yankees. His only other games for Los Angeles that year were seven relief appearances (2.45 ERA in 7⅓ innings) during the regular season, when he missed time with shoulder inflammation and a hamstring strain.
He agreed in January to a $2.8 million contract for this season to avoid salary arbitration. He can become a free agent next offseason.
Graterol has a career record of 11-9 with a 2.78 ERA and 11 saves. He has thrown only 181 innings over five seasons with the Dodgers, though he had a 1.20 ERA in 2023 while setting career highs with 67⅓ innings and 68 appearances.
Los Angeles acquired Graterol from Minnesota at the start of spring training in 2020 in a trade that sent Kenta Maeda to the Twins.
