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- Tigers
- Updated: Jan. 06, 2026, 10:14 a.m.
- Published: Jan. 06, 2026, 10:05 a.m.
DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers person traded onetime imaginable Justyn-Henry Malloy to nan Tampa Bay Rays for rate considerations.
Malloy was designated for duty connected Dec. 21 erstwhile reliever Kyle Finnegan was added to nan roster. He spent an unusually agelong clip successful DFA limbo earlier Tuesday’s waste and acquisition owed to nan league’s vacation break.
Malloy, who turns 26 successful February, deed .322 pinch a .955 OPS successful 329 sheet appearances pinch Toledo successful 2025, but ne'er sewage connected way during sporadic big-league opportunities.
Most notably, he deed only 1 location tally successful 127 MLB sheet appearances successful 2025, compared to 8 successful 230 successful 2024.
His deficiency of power, deficiency of a protect position, and nan emergence of Jahmai Jones arsenic a right-handed platoon bat each mixed to make Malloy expendable.
Malloy’s outfield defense has ever been a mobility mark, truthful nan Tigers gave him other activity astatine first guidelines past spring. But nan resurgence of Spencer Torkelson closed disconnected immoderate opportunity astatine that position, and Malloy remained mostly a DH and pinch-hitter successful 2025.
Malloy was acquired from nan Atlanta Braves successful nan Joe Jimenez trade aft nan 2022 season. The New York autochthonal was a sixth-round draught prime retired of Georgia Tech successful 2021.
TIGERS’ 40-MAN ROSTER (40)
Left-handed pitchers (6): Tyler Holton, Bailey Horn, Brant Hurter, Jake Miller, Tarik Skubal, Drew Sommers.
Right-handed pitchers (15): Drew Anderson, Beau Brieske, Kyle Finnegan, Jack Flaherty, Sawyer Gipson-Long, Brenan Hanifee, Kenley Jansen, Jackson Jobe, Ty Madden, Troy Melton, Casey Mize, Keider Montero, Reese Olson, Dylan Smith, Will Vest.
Catchers (4): Dillon Dingler, Thayron Liranzo, Jake Rogers, Eduardo Valencia.
Infielders (9): Javier Báez, Trei Cruz, Jace Jung, Colt Keith, Hao-Yu Lee, Zach McKinstry, Trey Sweeney, Spencer Torkelson, Gleyber Torres.
Outfielders (6): Kerry Carpenter, Riley Greene, Jahmai Jones, Parker Meadows, Wenceel Pérez, Matt Vierling.
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Evan Woodbery has covered nan Detroit Tigers and Major League Baseball for MLive.com since 2016. He has antecedently covered nan Saints/NFL for The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com; University of Tennessee athletics for...
