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Andy Nesbitt

Dustin May returned from injury and immediately threw some of the nastiest pitches of the MLB season

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The Los Angeles Dodgers are already the best team in baseball and they got even a little better last night when pitcher Dustin May made his return from Tommy John surgery and picked up a win after striking out nine batters in just five innings of work.

If you’re not familiar with May then you should be because when he’s healthy he has what might be the filthiest stuff in all of baseball.

He quickly reminded everyone of that last night when he struck out the side in the first inning. Again, this was his first start since May of 2021 and he just casually did things like this:

Miami’s Jon Berti had no chance on those.

Look at this slider:

And this slider:

Just unreal stuff. MLB fans were in awe.

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