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The Tigers and Rays announced a trade that sends Justyn Henry Malloy to Tampa Bay for cash. Detroit designated him for assignment before the DFA freeze over the holidays, when they officially signed the reliever Kyle Finnegan. Tampa Bay had two openings on the 40-man roster and didn’t have to make a corresponding move. Malloy, […]
When a team designates a player for assignment, he is removed from that club’s 40-man roster. The team then has a certain amount of time in which he can exert some influence on that player’s future. This is colloquially called “DFA limbo”. The team can trade the player to another club unless the trade deadline […]
To open up a 40-man spot for reliever Kyle Finneganthe Tigers have named an outfielder Justyn Henry Malloy for assignment. It is the first DFA of Malloy’s young career. Last season he played 52 games for Detroit. Detroit acquired Malloy and lefty Jake Higginbotham from Atlanta in a December 2022 trade that sent right-handed Joe […]
