May’s elbow injury opens the door for Early’s promotion, setting a playoff timeline that defines early-season risk and the opportunity for a rookie to seize the moment in a winner-take-all scenario.

Dustin May is a centerpiece in Red Sox trade chatter, representing a potential high-impact addition in a rotation upgrade, with his health and contract status shaping the deal’s value and risk.

May’s trade to Boston marks a post-deadline reshuffle that opens rotation spots and impacts prospect exposure. For fantasy, it shifts some starting opportunities to other Dodgers arms and could alter the balance of weekend starts for the remaining Dodgers rotation.

May is listed among the injured Sox pieces in the piece, highlighting elbow neuritis as part of the bereft health narrative.

May’s recent home-run exposure and whiffs against the big Oakland bats create a path for A’s runs early, supporting the Athletics Over 2.5 runs F5 despite May’s known stuff. This matchup blends May’s control concerns with A’s momentum at home.