The Los Angeles Dodgers’ moves at the trade deadline this year included sending Dustin May to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for prospects James Tibbs III and Zach Ehrhard.
The Dodgers’ decision to trade May came at a time in which their starting rotation was getting back to full strength with Tyler Glasnow and Blake Snell returning from the injured list.
May would have likely been relegated to a bullpen role had he remained with the Dodgers, so the team wanted to give him a full-time opportunity to start elsewhere.
May enjoyed watching his former teammates repeat as World Series champions but admitted he was more disappointed that the Red Sox couldn’t advance past the Wild Card round, via Christopher Smith of MassLive:
“I played with the guys for a long time,” May said here at a red carpet event before the MLB Awards show at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. “They were all my boys. It was definitely very fun to watch.”
But May added, “I was more sad that they (Red Sox) lost than I was more happy that they (Dodgers) won.”
Although he didn’t get a chance to pitch for the Dodgers in the playoffs, May felt his contributions earlier in the year helped the team win the World Series and is looking forward to receiving another ring:
“Those are things that you can never take away from somebody,” he said. “I wasn’t in the playoffs with them, but I played with them for four and a half months or however long it was. So I definitely helped and contributed for them to get there.”
May returned to the mound this year after missing most of the last two season while recovering from multiple surgeries. He struggled to the tune of a 4.85 ERA, 4.71 FIP and 1.35 WHIP in 104 innings across 19 appearances (18 starts) with the Dodgers.
May didn’t fare much better with the Red Sox as he went 1-4 with a 5.40 ERA, 5.39 FIP and 1.69 WHIP in 28.1 innings over six games (five starts). He did not pitch after Sept. 3 due to right elbow neuritis.
May is now a free agent for the first time in his career.
Dustin May felt ‘pushed out’ of Dodgers rotation
After being traded by the Dodgers, May said that his time with the organization ran out and welcomed a change of scenery.
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