PT TODAY: May's balky elbow shuffles Dodger rotation again

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NEWS: RHP Dustin May was diagnosed with a flexor pronator strain in his surgically repaired right elbow and is expected to miss at least four to six weeks

IMPACT: High

BHQ SPIN: May, who missed most of the 2021 and 2022 seasons due to Tommy John Surgery, left the Dodgers Wednesday, May 17 game due to elbow pain and will receive a PRP injection in an effort to try to avoid surgery.  Despite just a 10% K-BB%, May (48 IP 2.63 ERA, 0.94 WHIP), along with LHP Clayton Kershaw and LHP Julio Urías, is off to strong start and has provided stability at the top of the Dodgers rotation, as RHP Noah Syndergaard has struggled, RHP Tony Gonsolin missed the first four weeks of the season and prospects RHP Gavin...

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