Just over four hours before first pitch, the Milwaukee Brewers have finally announced that Dustin May is set to start Game 4 of the World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Tampa Bay Times' Marc Topkin was the first to break the news that the right-handed pitcher would indeed take the mound tonight in a game where the Rays are throwing out fellow right-hander Griffin Jax.

Jax's track record speaks for itself, and while he's coming off the first loss of his postseason career, he's been in the league for quite some time, though not as long as May.

Upon Jax's arrival to the big leagues in 2021, he was a -1.1 WAR player, though was able to quickly turn that around, highlighted by a 2.8 WAR season in 2024.

That said, this doesn't seem to be that same pitcher. Jax, in his first full season with Tampa Bay, sported a 0.7 WAR in his 34 appearances, 24 of which were starts.

This is an extremely interesting starting pitching matchup as the Brewers haven't exactly wanted to use May in a starting role this postseason, but games like these are where they've had to bite the bullet.

Then again, May has a ton of postseason experience. He's the only Brewers pitcher this series to have appeared in a World Series, and now he has a chance to bring it home for the Brew Crew as Milwaukee enjoys a comfortable 3-0 lead.

Instead of going with Shane Drohan as an opener as they did in the National League Championship Series, manager Pat Murphy decided to just use May as a starter, as he's been for most of his career.

May has started 88 of the 102 career regular season games he's pitched in, but come the postseason it's been a different story.

Only one of his four appearances for the Brewers in the playoffs has been a start. Coincidentally, that's the only game the Brewers have lost all postseason long.

That's not to say the Brewers are in for another loss due to him starting tonight, but it'll be interesting to see how everything goes down after he threw an inning out of the bullpen back in Game 2.

Getting May out there for 12 pitches was smart to keep him fresh, as there was undoubtedly going to be a moment like this in a best-of-seven series where the Brewers turned to the pitcher they acquired at the trade deadline, and now is that moment.