OTF Premium Texas loses RHP Max Grubbs to season-ending arm surgery

[Jeff Howe]

Texas will have to go through the postseason without right-handed relief pitcher Max Grubbs, who will miss the remainder of the 2026 season after undergoing arm surgery, the school announced Saturday.

Grubbs first appeared on the SEC availability report ahead of the Longhorns’ regular-season-ending series with Missouri. Jim Schlossnagle said during a Wednesday media availability on the eve of the series opener that Grubbs has been dealing with arm soreness.

A veteran bullpen hand with 67 career appearances who has starting experience (15 starts over the last three seasons, including 12 in 2024), Grubbs has a 2-0 record with a 5.52 ERA in 18 appearances (two starts). For his career, Grubbs is 15-6 with a 4.00 ERA in 168.2 innings, with 146 career strikeouts.

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[512Horn]

For a casual baseball fan, that gets into it when postseason rolls around, is this a small, medium, large, or massive loss to Texas’ postseason chances?

[BornOrange]

9 minutes ago, 512Horn said:

For a casual baseball fan, that gets into it when postseason rolls around, is this a small, medium, large, or massive loss to Texas’ postseason chances?

It would have been massive last year when he was probably our second best reliever and could be counted on to hold down the fort for three innings.

This year he hasn’t been the same. I was hoping he would find his groove in time for the postseason, but this surgery probably explains why he wasn’t as good as last year. 

[Sell Mortimer Sell]

I'd say this is small to medium at worst, he was not in the circle of trust for high leverage situations. He does have playoff and high leverage experience, but his effectiveness wasn't really there this year.

This arm soreness issue may explain a lot.

Edited 58 minutes ago by Sell Mortimer Sell

[Burnt Orange Horn]

He was definitely suffering from this earlier in the year.

[Alex Butler]

23 minutes ago, Burnt Orange Horn said:

He was definitely suffering from this earlier in the year.

For sure, now we know why he just didn’t have it this season. He’ll get right and be back strong next year!!

[Jeff Howe]

5 minutes ago, Alex Butler said:

For sure, now we know why he just didn’t have it this season. He’ll get right and be back strong next year!!

Unless he can get a waiver that I'm not aware of, he's out of eligibility.

[Alex Butler]

2 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

Unless he can get a waiver that I'm not aware of, he's out of eligibility.

Well then hopefully he’ll be able to catch on somewhere and continue as a pro!