Hernández: Dustin May represents the Dodgers latest World Series gamble. Will it pay off?
Trayce Thompson made a leaping catch at the wall in the ninth inning to help preserve the Dodgers’ 2-1 comeback victory over the Miami Marlins.“I’m not really looking at it like that,” May said. “I mean, we got a lot of great guys on this team and a lot of guys pick each other up, so I’m just going to go out and do my thing. There’s no reason to put extra pressure on myself.”, Brusdar Graterol and other relievers also factored into the Dodgers’ relative inactivity at the trade deadline.
“As you know, certainly, it takes talent, but you also have to be in big-league situations and navigate big-league hitters to be a game-changer,” Roberts said. “So I think as far as talent alone, and what he’s done in spurts at the big-league level, have been fantastic. I just don’t want to be the one to put any undue expectations on him solely on talent.”
What May’s return signified wasn’t lost on the Dodger Stadium audience, which was unusually engaged with what was happening on the field. This crowd is accustomed to watching the Dodgers placed oversized bets with pitching, from the use of Urías as a part-time closer in its championship season in 2020 to the look-at-how-smart-we-are schemes that backfired spectacularly last year.
The Dodgers have placed another wager, this one on whether the May can do against the New York Mets or Atlanta Braves what he did to the Marlins on Saturday night.