Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Dustin May is eager to return to the baseball diamond after recovering from major surgery following an esophagus tear due to a piece of lettuce lodging in his throat.

"I probably wouldn’t have made it through the night," May told the Los Angeles Times about the emergency surgery that saved his life

The Los Angeles Dodgers are set to begin the 2025 MLB season with one of the most incredible rosters in league history, but one member of the team nearly lost his life in a freak accident. May missed the latter part of the 2024 season with a esophageal hernia,

Dodgers pitcher Dustin May said he was “pretty close” to joining his team’s 2024 World Series run until a “complete freak accident” required emergency surgery for a serious tear in his esophagus last July.