2022 Stats
W-L
2-3
ERA
4.50
WHIP
1.17
K
29
SV
0
2023 Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
It took May 475 days to resume his major league pitching career after his Tommy John Surgery in May of 2021. He made six starts for the Dodgers and pitched about as well as any young arm recovering from a major surgery would. The velocity and movement were there as those two aspects are typically the first things to come back, but the command was not as he struggled to throw strikes and was more hittable than the guy we saw before he went down with his injury. Even with all the challenges, he still had three pitches with greater than a 30% whiff rate, so it really comes down to him getting more repetitions and rediscovering his command. His electric stuff is rarely straight, but he must be able to put it where it needs to go and not rely upon it getting there accidentally. The work on reshaping his slider toward the end of the season is worth watching as well. Drafting his full ceiling is risky given the fact he has never worked a full season at the major league level and has never eclipsed the 135 inning mark in any one season as a professional. Read Past Outlooks

Throws 94 pitches in final tune-up
May completed 5.2 innings in a Cactus League start against Kansas City on Saturday, allowing four runs (three earned) on six hits and no walks while striking out four batters.
ANALYSIS
May's outing was the longest by a Dodgers pitcher this spring and puts him in line to handle a nearly full workload once the regular season begins. The right-hander was tagged by Bobby Witt Jr. for a three-run homer in the third inning but otherwise allowed just one run. May is scheduled to start Los Angeles' second game of the season Friday at home against Arizona.
May's outing was the longest by a Dodgers pitcher this spring and puts him in line to handle a nearly full workload once the regular season begins. The right-hander was tagged by Bobby Witt Jr. for a three-run homer in the third inning but otherwise allowed just one run. May is scheduled to start Los Angeles' second game of the season Friday at home against Arizona.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
79
Last 10 Games
79
Last 5 Games
81
How many pitches does Dustin May generally throw?
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What part of the game does Dustin May generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2020
-6%
BAA vs LHP
2022
-39%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2020vs Left | .200 | 59 | 25 | 39 | 9 | |||
Since 2020vs Right | .213 | 48 | 9 | 43 | 7 | |||
2022vs Left | .148 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | |||
2022vs Right | .241 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 2 | |||
2021vs Left | .159 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 2 | |||
2021vs Right | .214 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |||
2020vs Left | .247 | 19 | 11 | 24 | 6 | |||
2020vs Right | .198 | 24 | 3 | 21 | 3 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2020
-33%
ERA on Road
2022
-68%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2020Home | 3.93 | 1.19 | 50.1 | 9.1 | 3.4 | ||||
Since 2020Away | 2.63 | 0.99 | 54.2 | 8.6 | 2.5 | ||||
2022Home | 7.07 | 1.50 | 14.0 | 11.6 | 5.8 | ||||
2022Away | 2.25 | 0.88 | 16.0 | 6.2 | 2.8 | ||||
2021Home | 2.61 | 1.06 | 10.1 | 13.9 | 1.7 | ||||
2021Away | 2.84 | 0.87 | 12.2 | 13.5 | 2.8 | ||||
2020Home | 2.77 | 1.08 | 26.0 | 5.9 | 2.8 | ||||
2020Away | 2.77 | 1.12 | 26.0 | 7.6 | 2.1 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Dustin May compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.07K/9
8.7BB/9
4.2HR/9
0.9Fastball
97.7 mphERA
4.50WHIP
1.17BABIP
.245GB/FB
2.05Left On Base
58.4%Exit Velocity
80.2 mphBarrels/BBE
3.1%Spin Rate
2477 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
20.9%Swinging Strike
13.5%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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While May was used in a flexible role during the postseason, he was mostly a true starter during the regular season, starting 10 of his 12 games. Judging purely by his 2.57 ERA, it appears as though he's already delivering on his considerable hype, but his underlying numbers don't paint him in quite the same light, especially his 4.62 FIP. May's 54.7% groundball rate and 7.1 BB% were both strong, but his 19.6 K% wasn't very impressive. He wasn't a high strikeout guy in the minors, either, posting a 23.3 K% at the two highest levels. May's 8.4% swinging-strike rate came in a full three ticks below league average, so, despite his pedigree, don't expect him to suddenly start racking up whiffs any time soon. It's certainly possible to carve out a long and successful career with modest strikeout numbers, and May has the rest of the profile necessary to make that work, but it does put a cap on his ceiling.
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Starting second game for LA
May will make his first start of the regular season in the Dodgers' second game of the campaign, Juan Toribio of MLB.com reports.
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Masterful in second spring outing
May tossed four scoreless innings against Cincinnati in a Cactus League contest Sunday, allowing two hits and one walk while striking out seven batters.
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To be limited in '23
Manager Dave Roberts said Thursday that May will have workload limitations during the 2023 season, Matthew Moreno of DodgerBlue.com reports.
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Settles at $1.675 million
May signed a one-year, $1.675 million contract with the Dodgers on Friday to avoid arbitration, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
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Activated for NLDS
The Dodgers activated May (back) from the 15-day injured list and added him to their roster Tuesday ahead of Game 1 of their National League Division Series matchup with the Padres.
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