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Dustin May
B/T R/R · 6' 6" · 180 lb · born Justin, TX, USA · age 28 · draft 2016 rd 3 · played P 52 · MLB debut 2019-08-02
Last 14 days (through 2026-09-01): 3 G · 6.2 IP · 14.85 ERA · 5 SO · 2.70 WHIP
547 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Dustin May is a 6'6" right-hander from Justin, Texas, now pitching for Milwaukee after debuting with the Dodgers in 2019. Across 94 MLB games he has 414 strikeouts, and his last two MLB starts this August produced 11 of them — the arm still plays when he's on the mound.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
We wrote about May here — The Buzz August 27, 2026
What he’s paid
Under contractA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- 2026 salary
- $3.53M
- Tax hit
- $4.03M
- Service time
- 6 yr 59 d
- Options left
- 3 / 3
The deal 1 year $12.5M (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y/$12.5M (26)+27 m opt · agent Paragon
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 |
|---|---|
| Cash | $0.5M |
| Tax hit | Option |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Milwaukee Brewers.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $13.7M
- Guaranteed
- $12.5M
- Term
- 1 yr
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Salary | $12.0M | $20.0M |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
Two sources, read a month apart, put this guarantee at the same dollar. That is the check, and it passed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
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The Bureau on Dustin May
The scouting press, in their own words
The Cardinals acquired OF Alexander Frias in the Dustin May trade. Frias is just 18 and has already posted EVs up to 117 MPH, though the launch profile still needs work. He dominated the ACL with a .441/.518/.678 slash line and has held his own since moving up to Single-A. https://t.co/9Us8ie0vKF
The Cardinals acquired OF Josiah Ragsdale in the Dustin May trade. Ragsdale has transformed his offensive profile this year by tapping into much more power. He's slashing .316/.441/.581 with 19 home runs and 31 stolen bases in 86 games between High-A and Double-A. https://t.co/UCDcDGdN60
We have updated our traded prospect rankings through the Dustin May trade. Frias ranks fifth and Ragsdale ranks 11th among the 57 traded prospects. https://t.co/Jui3q64y7C
Umpire favor
-0.9 net runs over 21 graded games — the zone cost the umpire more than it gave, on balance.
The line
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