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Newsweek
a day ago
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- Newsweek
Yankees Land Star Pitcher From Dodgers In Shocking Hypothetical Trade
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. FanSided's Jason Reed recently put together a shocking trade idea, suggesting the Los Angeles Dodgers could cut ties with star pitcher Dustin May in a trade that would send him to the New York Yankees. "The Dodgers are getting healthy at the right time, and with the starting rotation starting to take shape, young flamethrower Dustin May has emerged as someone who may be on the market," Reed wrote. "After all, once Blake Snell returns, there really is no room for May in a playoff rotation. "May is a free agent after this season, and the only move the Dodgers may make at the deadline is trading away one of their starting pitchers. The New York Yankees should undoubtedly be interested in May, as they could use another arm for a potential World Series push." But could this idea make sense for both sides? LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 21: Dustin May #85 of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches during the fourth inning against the Minnesota Twins at Dodger Stadium on July 21, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 21: Dustin May #85 of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches during the fourth inning against the Minnesota Twins at Dodger Stadium on July 21, 2025 in Los Angeles, short answer is no, but let's dive into it. The Yankees are seemingly looking to add any pitcher they can get their hands on. A trade for the controllable May would work out perfectly. The Yankees could get their guy while not having to trade the assets it would take to land somebody like Seth Lugo or Sandy Alcántara. If the Dodgers were fully healthy, this could make sense. But they're not. In fact, Los Angeles is probably looking to add a starting pitcher at the deadline, not subtract one. Trading May would put the Dodgers in a bigger pitching crunch than they're already in. The team could move May to the bullpen if they end up with too many starters by the postseason. Cutting ties with him doesn't seem logical at the moment. More MLB: Padres Land All-Star Red Sox Outfielder In Loaded Hypothetical Trade
Yahoo
4 days ago
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- Yahoo
Dodgers' Dave Roberts Makes Tough Dustin May Decision, Possibly Moving to Bullpen
Dodgers' Dave Roberts Makes Tough Dustin May Decision, Possibly Moving to Bullpen originally appeared on Athlon Sports. If the Los Angeles Dodgers find a way to get healthy after the second half, with indications suggesting they should, there could be a scenario where they have to move a starter to the bullpen. It remains uncertain what the Dodgers plan to do when everyone is healthy, but it'd be a good problem to have. It also wouldn't be too surprising to see the Dodgers add another starter, given the injuries they've faced. Los Angeles understands better than anyone that it can be faced with injuries at any moment, and it must be prepared to handle them. But for guys like Dustin May, it might require him to go to the bullpen. When recently speaking about it, Dave Roberts admitted that it's something that could potentially happen, but later added that, for now, he plans to keep him in the rotation at the start of the second half. 'I think right now, he's going to stay in the same role as a starter when we start the second half,' Roberts said, per Dodgers Nation. 'I know that Dustin's talked about it, we've talked about, at some point in time, giving him a little respite. I don't know if that's going to happen, when it's going to happen – when and if it's going to happen. 'The consistency of length has been good, but yeah, I think also there's still got to be a performance part, too, right? … That's something we're going to keep being mindful of. But I think him as a starter is how we're going to start the second half.' May has struggled a bit throughout the year, but his stuff is so good that it'd be tough to justify taking him out of his current role. However, he certainly needs to throw the baseball at a higher level if he wants to continue being a starter. May allowed seven earned runs in 4.2 innings against the San Francisco Giants on Friday, posting an ERA of 4.96 in the first story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 15, 2025, where it first appeared.
CTV News
7 days ago
- Sport
- CTV News
Shohei Ohtani to make next start Monday as Dodgers aim for longer outings from two-way superstar
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani pitches to a San Francisco Giants batter during the third inning of a baseball game in San Francisco on July 12, 2025. (Godofredo A. Vásquez / AP Photo) LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani will make his next start on the mound on Monday as the Los Angeles Dodgers' two-way superstar progresses toward longer outings after elbow surgery. He'll open with three innings against the Minnesota Twins in his sixth start before giving way to Dustin May, manager Dave Roberts said. Ohtani also pitched three innings in his last start at San Francisco last Saturday. He allowed one hit, struck out four and walked one on 36 pitches. The right-hander has a 1.00 ERA, having pitched nine innings total this season. Roberts said Friday that Ohtani will have a multi-inning partner for at least a few more starts. He didn't pitch at all last season, his first with the Dodgers. 'My assumption is that we get up to four innings and then probably a repeat of four,' Roberts said. 'At that point then it's probably a normal game.' The Dodgers begin the second half atop the NL West standings and optimistic about getting reinforcements to bolster their injury-riddled pitching staff. While Ohtani played in the All-Star game in Atlanta this week, Roki Sasaki (shoulder) worked out over the break. 'Everything I hear has been positive,' Roberts said. 'Hopefully, we can keep building him up and face some hitters and get him out there competing again.' Sasaki's velocity has reached 90 mph and 'that's pretty good intensity right there,' Roberts said. Blake Snell (shoulder) is set to make his third rehab start Sunday with Triple-A Oklahoma City. He'll pitch three innings with an eventual goal of going four innings. Beth Harris, The Associated Press
Washington Post
7 days ago
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- Washington Post
Shohei Ohtani to make next start Monday as Dodgers aim for longer outings from two-way superstar
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani will make his next start on the mound on Monday as the Los Angeles Dodgers' two-way superstar progresses toward longer outings after elbow surgery. He'll open with three innings against the Minnesota Twins in his sixth start before giving way to Dustin May, manager Dave Roberts said.
New York Times
12-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
‘Came up a little short:' Dodgers drop seventh game in a row, longest streak since 2017
SAN FRANCISCO — For a week now, there has been no ritual of music for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Hushed, somber tones have been the soundtrack of the longest losing stretch that baseball's pillar of regular-season success has seen in recent memory. This time, at least, their bats showed signs of life. Advertisement The tying run made it as far as 180 feet from home plate before Will Smith chopped the double-play ball that squelched the rally. The result remained the same by Friday night's end. The Dodgers fell to the San Francisco Giants 8-7 for their seventh consecutive loss. There was no music in the visiting clubhouse at Oracle Park. No quick jokes or laughs. An L7 is only funny when followed by the word 'weenie.' It's the team's longest losing streak since 2017. Their National League West lead has shrunk from nine games to four in a week. The sky is not falling. But facing an old rival does little to jolt what should already be there in the midst of the team's worst stretch in eight years. 'Had a chance to win again,' Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. 'And unfortunately, came up a little short.' Some of the flaws in Friday's game were familiar. Dustin May has not missed a start after a star-crossed career full of injuries, but each start has resembled a ticking clock as to what inning the talented right-hander would lose command and get hit hard. He's struggled to dominate right-handed hitters like he has at his best, such as when he left a sinker out over the plate that Giants shortstop Willy Adames hit out of the deepest part of a cavernous Oracle Park. May couldn't mitigate his issues against lefties much better, leaving a two-strike fastball over the plate that Jung Hoo Lee hammered over Teoscar Hernández's glove in right for a two-run triple. Maybe a healthier option than Hernández, who is not 100 percent and dealing with a bruised left foot on top of it, makes that catch and saves those runs. It had a 20 percent catch probability, according to Statcast. A better pitch makes it a non-issue. An inning later, Dominic Smith launched a thigh-high fastball into the left field seats, threatening to turn the game into a rout. Advertisement 'Just got a little bit out of sync,' May said. He'd locked something in until he felt something off in his mechanics to start the fourth inning. He started the frame with two walks and six consecutive balls. 'Couldn't time things back up.' Through a career-high 94 1/3 innings, May has a 4.96 ERA. That's the tenth-worst mark in baseball. 'Not to make an excuse for him,' Roberts said of May, who has hardly pitched as he's endured multiple elbow surgeries and a life-threatening torn esophagus. 'But it's part of his path back and trying to fine-tune some things. And at times it's elite, it's commanded, and then other times, it kind of goes awry a little bit. And you give up free passes or make a mistake (in the) middle of the plate to give up slug, and so that's sort of what happened today.' The Dodgers can prioritize the long game. But winning now still matters for them. It arguably matters even more for May. If the Dodgers get healthy as they think they will, they'll have to have some tough conversations. May, a free agent at year's end, figures to be part of them. By the end of the fifth, they looked up at a 7-2 deficit. The Dodgers have constructed a lineup that, for months, has still made nights like that surmountable. They have spent the better part of the week looking dormant. Their superstars have slumped. Their supporting pieces haven't come to life. Throughout the last six games, they'd topped two runs in a game only once. The Dodgers still cracked to life against Logan Webb, who last month fed this lineup with a mouthful of cutters to great success. Hernández drove a fly ball towards the gap that Lee couldn't quite track down to bring home a couple of runs. Michael Conforto, amid his disastrous year, chased Webb when he smoked a sinker out over the center field fence to halve the Giants' lead. Advertisement Smith brought them even closer an inning later, piercing All-Star reliever Randy Rodriguez's armor for a run on a single up the middle. 'We just strung some hits together, something we haven't done in a while,' Mookie Betts said. 'Obviously, I know it sucks, but you have to try to take some positive out of it. At least we battled back.' There are no moral victories in cutting a deficit to a run, much less in a seven-game losing stretch. Betts fouled off a pair of wicked Camilo Doval sliders in the ninth before punching through a single to give his team a chance. Esteury Ruiz pinch-ran and swiped second. But after Freddie Freeman worked a four-pitch walk, Smith pounded a first-pitch sinker into the dirt. So went another loss, and another quiet scene that followed. 'Today we were able to string some hits together, put some innings together, but we just come up short,' Betts said.
