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The Dodgers announced<\/a> that they have officially selected the contract of pitching prospect Bobby Miller<\/a>, whose imminent promotion was\u00a0<\/span>reported<\/a> a couple of days ago. Right-hander\u00a0<\/span>Tyler Cyr<\/a> was placed on the 15-day injured list with a shoulder impingement, retroactive to May 21, opening a spot for Miller on the active roster. To make room on the 40-man, righty\u00a0<\/span>Dustin May<\/a> was transferred to the 60-day injured list.<\/p>\n May, 25, left his start on May 17 after throwing just one inning. His injury was later announced as a flexor pronator strain that would keep him out of action for four to six weeks, and he was placed on the 15-day injured list the next day. This transfer will extend that timeline slightly, as he now will be ineligible to return until the middle of July.\u00a0<\/span>Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic<\/a> reports that May won\u2019t pick up a baseball for six weeks, after which he\u2019ll be re-evaluated and a plan for the next steps will be formulated.<\/p>\n There will still be time later in the year for May to finish strong but 2023 is going to go down as yet another truncated campaign for the talented righty. He\u2019s appeared in each of the five most recent major league seasons but has yet to log even 60 innings in any individual year. He came up part way through 2019 then the 2020 season was shortened by the pandemic. He lasted just five starts in 2021 before Tommy John surgery put him out of action, with May eventually returning to make six starts late in 2022. He was on track for a full and healthy season here in 2023 but is now on the IL again after taking the ball nine times.<\/p>\n Amid all of those frustrations, he has shown his talent with his results. He has a 3.10 ERA in 191 2\/3 innings to this point in his career, striking out 22.5% of batters while walking 7.4% and getting grounders at a 49.9% clip. Unfortunately, as mentioned, that has been scattered across five different seasons due to various factors.<\/p>\n The Dodgers will now have to proceed without May for the next couple of months, which isn\u2019t their only rotation challenge.\u00a0<\/span>Julio Ur\u00edas<\/a> recently landed on the injured list as well, joining depth starters\u00a0<\/span>Michael Grove<\/a> and\u00a0<\/span>Ryan Pepiot<\/a>. They are also without Clayton Kershaw<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for the moment, but he is on the bereavement list and could return shortly. There\u2019s also Tony Gonsolin<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Noah Syndergaard<\/a>, Gavin Stone<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and now Miller jumping into the fray.<\/p>\n Miller has a 100 mph fastball and is generally considered one of the better prospects in baseball, but he\u2019s off to a rough start here in 2023. He has a 5.65 ERA through four Triple-A starts but had a much better 3.38 ERA in his four starts at that level last year. Both Ur\u00edas and Grove seem like they will be able to return in the near future, which will improve the club\u2019s depth and give them some decisions to make about who stays and who goes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n