Tyler Fermin Mahle (/ˈmæliː/ MA-lee;[1] born September 29, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2017 with the Cincinnati Reds.
| Tyler Mahle | |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Twins – No. 51 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: (1994-09-29) September 29, 1994 (age 28) Newport Beach, California | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 27, 2017, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
| MLB statistics (through 2022 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 32–39 |
| Earned run average | 4.35 |
| Strikeouts | 649 |
| Teams | |
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Mahle attended Westminster High School in Westminster, California.[2] He committed to play college baseball at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[3] He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the seventh round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft.[4]
Mahle signed with the Reds and made his professional debut that same year with the Arizona League Reds, going 1–3 with a 2.36 ERA in 34.1 innings pitched.
He spent 2014 with the Billings Mustangs where he was 5–4 with a 3.87 ERA in 15 starts and 2015 with the Dayton Dragons[5][6] where he pitched to a 13–8 record and 2.43 ERA in 27 games (26 starts). In 2016, he pitched for the Daytona Tortugas and the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, where he was 14–6 with a 3.64 ERA in 27 starts.
Mahle began 2017 with Pensacola. He pitched a perfect game in for Pensacola on April 22, 2017, against the Mobile BayBears.[7] He was later that season promoted to the Louisville Bats.[8]
Mahle was called up to make his major league debut on August 27, 2017.[9] In 24 starts between Pensacola and Louisville prior to his call up he was 10–7 with a 2.06 ERA and a 0.96 WHIP.[10] On September 13 of the same year, Mahle pitched five shutout innings against the St. Louis Cardinals to earn his first MLB win.[11] Mahle spent the rest of 2017 with the Reds after being called up and in four starts for the Reds, he was 1–2 with a 2.70 ERA.
Mahle began 2018 in Cincinnati's opening rotation, but was optioned to Louisville in August before being recalled in September. In 23 starts for the Reds, he went 7–9 with a 4.98 ERA.[12] Mahle returned to Cincinnati's rotation to begin 2019.[13] In 2019 for Cincinnati, Mahle pitched to a 3–12 record and a 5.14 ERA in 25 games, notching 129 strikeouts along the way.[14] Mahle had a bounceback season in 2020, registering a 2–2 record and 3.59 ERA with 60 strikeouts in 47+2⁄3 innings of work.[15] Mahle had perhaps his breakout season in 2021, when he went 13–6 with a 3.75 ERA and 210 strikeouts in 180 innings.
On August 2, 2022, the Reds traded Mahle to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Spencer Steer, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, and Steve Hajjar.[16]
Mahle’s brother, Greg Mahle, is a left-handed pitcher for the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos of the Mexican League.