Dodgers Fans React to Dustin May Injury, Say Who Should Replace Him in Rotation

May 18, 2023

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Wednesday was a rough day for the Dodgers as star right-hander Dustin May suffered an injury that’s going to sideline him for at least the next month.

May suffered a flexor pronator strain, which flared up during the first inning of Wednesday’s start. May underwent Tommy John surgery just two years ago, so it’s never good for an elbow injury to flare up again. However, his UCL is said to be intact, which is great news for May and the Dodgers.

Nonetheless, May is going to be sidelined for a little while at the minimum, and the Dodgers are losing yet another key piece to their rotation early in the year.

Dodger fans took to Twitter to wish May the best following his unfortunate injury.

Really hoping for the best for Dustin May.

— Dodgers Nation (@DodgersNation) May 17, 2023

Oh no. No. Noooooooooo. I hope he’s ok. Damn.

— Charlie8820 (@Charlie882077) May 17, 2023

?? come on Dustin you can pull out of it and not hopefully not have a serious injury

— Kevin voegtly (@kvoegtly) May 18, 2023

That arm angle and obvious pressure on the elbow when May throws a baseball has always frightened me.

— John O’Grady (@jhog667) May 17, 2023

Dodger fans also shared who they think should replace May in the rotation for the time being. Gavin Stone and Bobby Miller seemed to be the most popular answers.

Gavin Stone and heck, why not bring up Bobby Miller to replace Syndergarbage ????

— Ethan Rubio (@EthanRubio13) May 18, 2023

I’d go with Miller for starters since he’s likely to be up later this year anyway. But if Stone is out-pitching Miller, bring up Stone. It’s not like they don’t have those 2 good choices.

— Michael Hile (@mihimahi) May 17, 2023

Dylan Covey, one of the MVPs of Wednesday’s win, got some love, too.

Looks like Covey can eat more innings than Syndergaard. So Covey

— J. ?? (@cozyjayyyy) May 17, 2023

Why not stick to Covey, he was okay. At least for a few starts

— Erick (@emantradess) May 17, 2023

Dodger Dash seems to have all the answers in a series of moves that look pretty good to me.

Gavin Stone firstThen when Michael Grove is healthy, call him up to preserve Stone’s arm. Then, when Ryan Pepiot is back, call him up to preserve Grove’s arm. Finally, call up Bobby Miller to give him a taste of the majors.

All in all, let the kids play.

— Dodger Dash (@Dodger_Dash) May 17, 2023

And these fans want to see the Dodgers make a trade before the deadline or sign someone off the free agent market.

The trade / FA market. We need arms for not only now but to carry for the rest of the season.

— Matthew Rowland (@MATTDROW88) May 18, 2023

Trade at some point. If anyone else goes down (very possible), this will hurt our rotation and chances

— Kevin Wallace (@KevinWa93333440) May 17, 2023

And one fan, of course, wants to see the Dodgers finally make that move for Shohei Ohtani — but that doesn’t seem very likely this season.

Obviously, the most important thing is wishing the best to May. It can’t be easy for him to be dealing with another injury, but hopefully this one turns out to be exactly what we’re hearing, and May is back with the Dodgers within the next one to two months.

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