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Dustin May 2021 Fantasy Outlook: Rising Young Arm With Sinker-Heavy Approach
4 years agoLos Angeles Dodgers right-hander Dustin May has posted really strong ratios in his 90 innings with the Dodgers, which include a 2.98 ERA and a 1.09 WHIP. He is one of the hardest throwers in the game, consistently reaching triple digits with his sinker although he's not the strikeout machine you might be expecting. He rounds out his arsenal with a cutter and a curveball, but he is mainly a sinker-baller, throwing the pitch 51% of the time in 2020. This explains the low strikeout rate (career 20.8%), as the sinker is the most contact-prone pitch in the game. Since he has had so much success doing what he does best, he is unlikely to change anything, which will likely lead to more uninspiring strikeout rates. You should be willing to deal with the low strikeouts as long as he maintains strong ratios, which seems like a great bet given how awesome his sinker is. May will never be an SP1 in fantasy, but he is a really great bet to help your pitching staff and he comes pretty cheap as fantasy managers tune their preferences to sexier strikeout totals. With that said, he could end up in a hybrid starter/reliever role if he's outperformed for a standard starter's gig by the likes of Julio Urias and/or Tony Gonsolin.
