Dodgers News: Dustin May Only Knows '100 Percent' Effort Every Fifth Day
We're less than one week away from Opening Day, Dodger fans. You can feel the excitement and energy in the air as we prepare for Dodger baseball once again.
Your Los Angeles Dodgers may not be the same juggernaut on paper going into the 2023 season. Still, at least they'll be adding their right-handed pitcher Dustin May for the whole season after losing Walker Buehler for the entire season due to Tommy John surgery.
May will go into the season at full strength, ready to show the baseball world what he is about. The 25-year-old knows no time will be wasted on the mound and will give it his all on every pitch. Here's what he said recently on AM570 LA Sports Radio.
I'm gonna go out and I'm going to give it 100%. I'm going to be full throttle from first pitch. I'm gonna go as long as my body lasts. That's kind of my focus and that's the way that I go about my business." ... "I'm not here to go out and give you a 80% for the whole game and go longer, I'm going to go out and give you 100% and if that's a full game it's a full game. If it's five innings it's five innings or however many innings I'm allowed to go, I'm going to give you max effort. That's the way I go about life. The way about go about competing. And that's just that's just me."
May knows the best will be needed of him, especially at the beginning of the season with no Tony Gonsolin. The MLB season is a marathon, not a sprint, but after a handful of seasons in the big leagues, May knows what is required of him.
The Texas native has been known to show some emotion on the mound, and we saw that after his first start back from Tommy John surgery. The redhead believes he hasn't gotten better at handling his emotions, and we can continue to catch him on the mound filled with emotion and passion.
"I mean, I personally don't, I mean, I feel like I'm coming in and healthy spot so I'm not already kind of pissed off in the moment. So, having a little bit less irritation like going into the the moment I feel like has helped me just focus on pitching instead of like some of the outside stuff whether it be like pain management or whatever, going through my body like I feel like I'm in a much better spot right now."
May will be looking to bounce back in 2023. He has the stuff to pull off and will get plenty of opportunity to show it to Dodgers nation and the league.
