"The Rays announced Monday that outfielder Justyn-Henry Malloy cleared waivers and was assigned outright to Triple-A Durham. Tampa Bay designated him for assignment over the weekend. Malloy doesn't have a prior outright or three years of major league service, so he doesn't have the choice to reject the assignment and opt for free agency. He'll remain in the organization as non-roster depth."
"Malloy came to the Rays in a cash swap with the Tigers back in January. Detroit had previously designated him for assignment. The 26-year-old was a sixth-round pick by Atlanta back in 2019 and went to Detroit as the headline piece in in 2022's Joe Jimenez swap. At the time, Malloy wasn't a nationally ranked prospect but was a clear arrow-up commodity, having slashed .289/.408/.454 between Double-A (54 games) and Triple-A (eight games) during his age-22 season."
"For all his minor league success, Malloy flailed away with a .203/.291/.366 line through 71 games as a rookie in 2024. He struck out in a whopping 37% of his 230 plate appearances. Things were better in a smaller sample last year, when Malloy batted .221/.346/.308 in 127 turns at the plate and scaled his strikeout rate back to 25.2%."
"That's still below-average production, however, and any hope for a rebound following a change of scenery has been dashed with a catastrophically poor performance in Durham thus far. Malloy has stepped into the batter's box 132 times over the course of 34 games and recorded an anemic .128/.273/.266 batting line. By measure of wRC+, that's 55% worse than average in the Triple-A International League. Malloy has walked at a stout 15.2% clip but also gone down on s"
Justyn-Henry Malloy cleared waivers and was assigned outright to Triple-A Durham by the Tampa Bay Rays. He was designated for assignment over the weekend and lacks the service time or prior outright history needed to reject the assignment and elect free agency. Malloy joined Tampa Bay in a cash swap with the Tigers in January. He was a sixth-round pick by Atlanta in 2019 and became a key part of a 2022 trade from Detroit involving Joe Jimenez. Despite strong minor-league production, he has not found success in the majors, hitting .203/.291/.366 in 71 games in 2024 with a 37% strikeout rate. His 2025 performance in Durham has been extremely poor, posting a .128/.273/.266 line over 34 games and 132 plate appearances, with a wRC+ of 55.
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