The Los Angeles Dodgers were without Dustin May for 685 days.
In the middle of May 2023, he didn’t have the conventional return to the mound as many do when recovering from a flexor tendon and Tommy John revision surgeries. When he was just one week away from starting a minor-league rehab assignment during the summer of 2024, a rogue bite of salad turned his life upside down.
A piece of lettuce ruptured his esophagus and further sidelined the right-hander.