After missing out on Tarik Skubal, the Milwaukee Brewers have turned to an NL Central rival for pitching help. The Brewers are set to acquire rental starter Dustin May and rental lefty reliever JoJo Romero from the St. Louis Cardinals, reports The Athletic. The full trade deadlines are unknown. Neither team has announced the deal.
This is the second straight year May, 29 next month, has been traded at the deadline. He went from the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Boston Red Sox last summer, then signed a one-year deal worth $12 million with St. Louis in the offseason. Romero, 29, is currently on the injured list after having an appendectomy earlier this month.
May raises the floor of Milwaukee's rotation more than the ceiling, though he has put together some terrific starts this season. He'll join Jacob Misiorowski, Shane Drohan, Logan Henderson, Brandon Sproat, and eventually Kyle Harrison in the rotation. Depending how the next two months play out, May could be in the postseason rotation.
Romero gives the Brewers a third lefty relief option along with Aaron Ashby and DL Hall, which could come in handy if they run into the Dodgers (Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy, Shohei Ohtani), Philadelphia Phillies (Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber), or Atlanta Braves (Drake Baldwin, Matt Olson) in the postseason.
CBS Sports will have more on this story shortly.
