Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Dustin May talked publicly for the first time about the emergency surgery he underwent after a piece of lettuce caused a perforation in his esophagus.

Dodgers pitcher Dustin May talks about how he sustained a serious tear in his esophagus that derailed his hopes of returning to the mound last season.

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Last year was supposed to be different for Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Dustin May. Sidelined since mid-2023 after undergoing flexor tendon surgery and a Tommy J

There are injuries and there are freak accidents. Dustin May suffered the latter in 2024. May reveals what caused an esophagus injury that kept him sidelined.

May, who during the 2023 season had flexor tendon and Tommy John surgery, was rehabbing at the Dodgers’ Camelback Ranch facility in Arizona when he went out to dinner on July 10 and got a piece of lettuce stuck in his throat, which caused a serious tear in his esophagus, he told the Los Angeles Times.