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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Dustin May is out for the rest of the 2024 season. The reason is a new one.
The oft-injured flamethrower underwent surgery earlier this week to repair a torn esophagus, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. The procedure will reportedly keep May away from physical activity for the next two months.
The Dodgers later confirmed the news in a statement, revealing that May began to experience pain in his esophagus and stomach during dinner Wednesday:
While at dinner on Wednesday, Dodger right-hander Dustin May experienced sudden pain in his esophagus and stomach that continued after he returned home. He contacted the medical staff and ultimately underwent successful surgery on his esophagus. May will not return to pitch for the Dodgers this season.
May has not pitched since May 17, 2023, having undergone surgery last year to repair a torn flexor tendon in his pitching arm. It was his second major elbow surgery in three years, after he underwent Tommy John surgery to repair a torn UCL in 2021.
May was reportedly expected to go on a rehab assignment in the coming weeks but will instead spend the rest of the season resting and rehabbing.
With a fastball often touching triple digits and some of the nastiest pitch movement in baseball, May was considered one of MLB's most talented arms at the start of his Dodgers career. However, as often happens with starting pitchers who live in the high 90s, injuries have derailed his career to the point that he has thrown only 191 2/3 innings in the six seasons since his debut.
May's career high in MLB innings pitched is 56.
The Dodgers' pitching staff is riddled with injuries
The Dodgers were hoping May could return in the second half to aid their beleaguered pitching staff. While Los Angeles occupies first place in the NL West, with a 56-40 record, their list of injured pitchers is stunning in both quantity and star power.
May, Clayton Kershaw, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow, Walker Buehler, Brusdar Graterol, Joe Kelly, Ryan Brasier, Tony Gonsolin, Emmet Sheehan, Michael Grove and Connor Brogdon are all currently on the injured list with issues of varying degree. Glasnow is expected back soon, but Sheehan and now May are out until 2025.
And, of course, there's a pitcher by the name of Shohei Ohtani who hasn't thrown an inning all season.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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