Kasper Schmeichel announced on Instagram, "First shoulder operation done, everything went well. Now full focus on recovery and preparing for the next one. Thanks for all the messages over the past few weeks, it means a lot."
Availability has been a major issue for Graterol over the past two seasons, with just 7.1 innings pitched in that time due to injury. It is an unfortunate reality for him and the Dodgers, considering he was one of their best relievers in 2023. He enters 2026 returning from right shoulder surgery that forced him to miss the entire 2025 season.
Spencer's first three collegiate seasons were spent at Indiana State, posting a 5.63 ERA and 5.26 FIP in his freshman season, a 3.86 ERA and 3.90 FIP in 37.1 innings pitched in his sophomore season in 2023, and a 4.08 ERA and 3.54 FIP in 2024. His final season with Indiana State saw him start nine of 18 games, after spending the 2023 season as the Sycamores' closer.
If you looked at Tatum's Instagram Wednesday, you may have been wondering just that. Tatum post a pic of himself in a hospital gown, with surgical gauze on his head. "Just another day," he wrote. "Another challenge. This one is gonna be hard. But whatever. Let's get it in." But if you were only looking at grid, you made a rookie mistake. Grid is only half the story on IG. Honestly, maybe only 12% of the story.
Sborz, 32, returns to the team he has spent the past five years with. The highlight of that tenure was 2023. Sborz had an unimpressive 5.50 earned run average that season but the underlying marks were better. His 7.9% walk rate was a bit better than average and his 30.7% strikeout rate was very strong. A small 56% strand rate seemed to push some extra runs across, which is why his 3.75 FIP and 3.05 SIERA were much more optimistic.
The 6'0″ righty made 15 starts for the Samsung Lions after signing in June. Garabito pitched well, turning in a 2.64 earned run average with a 26% strikeout rate. That makes it a bit surprising that the sides didn't work out an agreement for the 2026 season. Garabito instead will try to pitch his way back to the big leagues in Spring Training.
The Giants announced Tuesday that they've signed right-handed reliever Jason Foley to a one-year, major league contract. The Wasserman client missed most of the 2025 season due to shoulder surgery and was non-tendered by the Tigers last month. ESPN's Jesse Rogers reports that Foley is guaranteed $2MM on the deal. From 2021-24, Foley was a frequently used high-leverage arm with the team's
Arihara began his career in NPB, spending six seasons with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. His solid work at Japan's highest level earned him a two-year, $6.2MM deal with the Rangers in December 2020. Arihara pitched in parts of two seasons for Texas from 2021 to 2022. He struggled to a 6.64 ERA across 10 starts with the Rangers in his first season.
Hentges, 29, posted a 2.93 ERA and 2.66 FIP from 2022-24 but missed all of '25 due to multiple injuries. The left-hander underwent surgery in September 2024 to repair the capsule and labrum in his left shoulder, then also underwent arthroscopic right knee surgery this past September while rehabbing his shoulder. The combination of injuries prevented Hentges from even appearing in a rehab assignment last season, and the Guardians elected to non-tender Hentges last week.
His ceiling wasn't stratospheric, but the hope was that he could morph into a solid NHL blueliner. The Leafs gave him as many opportunities as they could. He even logged some top-pairing minutes for a short while. But he just didn't live up to expectations. At times, defensive gaffes turned into goals. Other times, he just wasn't the sort of high-end defenseman the Maple Leafs needed to contend for a Stanley Cup.
On Friday, Arizona Cardinals right tackle Jonah Williams was placed on injured reserve and will miss the rest of the season. Williams will undergo season-ending surgery for a shoulder injury that he suffered in Arizona's Week 10 loss to the Seattle Seahawks, coach Jonathan Gannon said Friday. "He is a starter, good player," Gannon said. "Just he wasn't going to be able to play the rest of the year."
Last September, Kim was wrapping up a season in which he had hit .233/.330/.370, good for a league average wRC+ of 101. He combined that with strong defense at shortstop and 22 steals on the base paths, and it was actually the weakest of his last three seasons in the majors. Since the start of 2022, Kim had hit .250/.336/.385 with 72 steals, a 17.9% strikeout rate, and a walk rate of 11.0% with 13.0 bWAR and 10.5 fWAR accumulated.
