BREAKING: Red Sox acquiring Dustin May from Dodgers

With just over minutes left before Thursday s p m MLB business deadline the Red Sox in the end swung a business for a starting pitcher Right-hander Dustin May from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for outfield prospect James Tibbs III whom the San Francisco Giants sent to Boston last month in the Rafael Devers commerce According to Chris Smith of MassLive the Red Sox are also sending outfield prospect Zach Ehrhard to the Dodgers May is in his sixth big-league season Through games starts the Texas native owns a ERA with strikeouts and walks over a career-high innings Though he s has pitched at least five innings times this season he s also allowed multiple runs in of his outings He s in the nd MLB percentile in Emerging Run Value this year but he ranks well below average in the bulk other metrics including Fastball Run Value th MLB percentile Average Exit Velocity th Hard-Hit nd BB th and K th It s been a intricate summer for May who has a ERA and earned runs in innings over nine games eight starts since the beginning of June His only outing without multiple runs allowed was his -inning relief appearance on July Robustness is a concern too May s inning count this season is already more than double his previous career-high IP He pitched to a ERA over games starts between his debut and when he underwent Tommy John surgery for the second time Surgery to repair an esophageal tear last July prevented him from pitching in as well Like Steven Matz the lefty reliever Boston acquired this morning May is a short-term rental who will be a free agent after this season The Red Sox did not make any other moves