The Milwaukee Brewers have completed a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals to acquire right-handed starter Dustin May and left-handed reliever JoJo Romero. In exchange, St. Louis receives minor-league outfielders Alexander Frias and Josiah Ragsdale. The move comes after Milwaukee’s pursuit of pitcher Tarik Skubal, who was acquired by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
May, who will turn 29 next month, was previously traded from the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Boston Red Sox last summer before signing a one-year, $12 million contract with St. Louis in the offseason. Romero, also 29, is currently recovering from an appendectomy performed earlier in the month and remains on the injured list. May will join Milwaukee’s rotation alongside Jacob Misiorowski, Shane Drohan, Logan Henderson, Brandon Sproat, and eventually Kyle Harrison.
Romero provides the Brewers with an additional left-handed relief option to complement Aaron Ashby and DL Hall, potentially useful depth if the team faces left-handed heavy lineups in postseason matchups. The trade addresses Milwaukee’s rotation needs as the team entered the deadline with baseball’s best record at 69-42, holding a half-game advantage over the Dodgers.
From St. Louis’s perspective, the Cardinals have struggled recently, losing 18 of their last 26 games to fall below .500 and four games behind the third wild card spot. MLB Pipeline ranks Frias as the No. 11 prospect and Ragsdale as the No. 13 prospect in Milwaukee’s minor-league system. Frias is a power-hitting prospect currently in Single-A, while Ragsdale is a plate discipline-focused player in Double-A.
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