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Nationals, Josiah Gray Agree to $1.35 Million Deal for 2026

The 2023 All-Star is expected to be ready for spring training following elbow surgery that sidelined him for 2025.

Overview

  • The one-year agreement avoids salary arbitration, according to reporting from ESPN's Jeff Passan.
  • Passan reported the salary matches what Gray earned this year.
  • Gray missed the entire 2025 season after elbow surgery and made only two starts in 2024 before the injury.
  • He earned an All-Star nod in 2023 with a 3.91 ERA and 143 strikeouts over 159 innings.
  • Across his career, he has a 4.84 ERA in 386.2 innings and was a 2018 Reds draftee later traded to the Dodgers and then to Washington in the Scherzer–Turner deal.