Dustin May is objectively terrible. According to baseball references, he has negative WAR over the past 2 seasons
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maydu01.shtml
the brewers saw something they hoped to unlock, but it hasn’t worked out. If we had sent a lottery ticket for him, I would have no issue with it, but we objectively traded two top-100 projects for a hot mess when there were far superior options available (Clay Holmes) who would have cost less.
i think Matt Arnold is a fantastic GM. I also think his trades at the deadline were a disaster. No need to make it worse by carrying folks that have no business on a playoff roster (May, Harrison, Senzeleta)
he’s also played for 4 teams in 2 seasons. The definition of JAG.
it would have been an underwhelming move, but Freddy Peralta is now, and has always been a far superior player to Dustin May. If we wanted to eat innings, Peralta would have been a hell of a lot cheaper to require, with an actual history of success.
dusty May should be playing on a one year $5 million “prove it deal” next year for a team hoping to strike lightning in a bottle. Sorry, but the guy just is not a legit top 1-2-3 pitcher