Red Sox add to staff, acquire May from Dodgers

The Boston Red Sox acquired starter Dustin May from the Los Angeles Dodgers connected Thursday, filling their request for pitching help.

May, a pending escaped cause who is retired of options, tin assistance the Red Sox some retired of the bullpen and successful the rotation.

A dynamic right-hander who commands a sweeper, a powerfulness sinker and a fastball that reaches the precocious 90s, May returned from a prolonged lack this twelvemonth and helped stabilize an injury-riddled Dodgers rotation, posting a 4.85 ERA successful 19 games (18 starts). May, 27, struck retired 97 batters and issued 43 walks successful 104 innings.

The Dodgers recovered May to beryllium expendable with Tyler Glasnow healthy, Yoshinobu Yamamoto turning successful a coagulated season, Shohei Ohtani getting stretched retired arsenic a starter and Blake Snell expected to instrumentality to the rotation aft a four-month lack this weekend. The Dodgers besides person Clayton Kershaw and Emmet Sheehan arsenic starting options astatine the moment.

May was a cardinal contributor connected the Dodgers squad that won the World Series during the COVID-shortened 2020 play but compiled conscionable 20 large league starts from 2021 to 2024. Last summer, May was coming backmost from flexor tendon country erstwhile helium suffered an esophageal teardrop portion chewing connected a portion of lettuce, prompting life-saving country and again ending his play prematurely.

Boston sent Los Angeles outfield imaginable James Tibbs III successful instrumentality for May. Tibbs, the 13th prime successful past year's draught retired of Florida State, was initially acquired by Boston arsenic portion of the Rafael Devers commercialized successful June.