Last season, the Los Angeles Dodgers suffered greatly from pitching injuries. As he recovered from Tommy John surgery, their $700 million offseason acquisition, Shohei Ohtani, could not throw a single pitch. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, their $300+ million foreign acquisition, also missed a significant amount of time. It wasn’t just those arms that sustained severe wounds. Walker Buehler also had a very difficult regular season. Due to persistent injuries, Tyler Glasnow was unable to assist Los Angeles in the closing minutes.
However, following a season marred by injuries, the Dodgers are expected to significantly improve their pitching staff. “The Dodgers and Dustin May settled at $2.135 million to avoid arbitration, sources tell The Athletic,” The Athletic’s Fabian Ardaya wrote on Friday night’s X/Twitter post.
May’s elbow and forearm problems have caused him to lose a lot of time during his major league career. May had season-ending surgery halfway through 2023 to fix a ruptured flexor tendon in his right arm. May pitched 48 innings with a 2.63 ERA and a sub-1.00 WHIP in nine starts in 2023. Before being diagnosed with a ruptured esophagus that also required surgery, the right-hander was scheduled to make his 2024 debut. He would be out of commission for the remainder of 2024 due to this procedure. However, May and the Dodgers have decided to reunite in 2025, when the high-potential arm might significantly improve Los Angeles’ pitching staff.