31-07-2025
Dodgers Make Trade With Red Sox for Durable Starting Pitcher: Reports
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The Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox, both gunning for postseason position, reportedly completed a trade Thursday that will send pitcher Dustin May to Boston.
May, 27, hadn't missed a start this season for a Dodgers team that has struggled to keep pitchers healthy all year. Yet when Clayton Kershaw, Tyler Glasnow and (soon) Blake Snell all returned to health, there was no room in the Dodgers' rotation for the talented right-hander.
Jeff Passan of ESPN was first to report the trade. The return going to Los Angeles is not known.
Dustin May #85 of the Los Angeles Dodgers is taken out of the game by manager Dave Roberts against the Tampa Bay Rays during the eighth inning in Game Five of the 2020 MLB World...
Dustin May #85 of the Los Angeles Dodgers is taken out of the game by manager Dave Roberts against the Tampa Bay Rays during the eighth inning in Game Five of the 2020 MLB World Series at Globe Life Field on October 25, 2020 in Arlington, Texas. More
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