Wednesday evening, the Detroit Tigers traded relief pitcher Joe Jiménez and cash considerations to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for prospects Justyn-Henry Malloy and Jake Higginbotham.
Jiménez was a popular trade candidate at last year’s trade deadline in the midst of his most successful year as a major leaguer to date, but the former Tigers’ leadership never executed on a deal. Instead, this marks the first major trade made by new President of Baseball Operations, Scott Harris, after taking the reins in Detroit.
Jiménez debuted for Detroit in 2017 after a roaringly successful minor league career as an older international free agent from Puerto Rico, but his time with the Tigers was largely marked by a frustrating gap between his obvious arm talent and lack of good results.