Tyler Mahle


Tyler Fermin Mahle is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball.

Career

Mahle attended Westminster High School in Westminster, California. He committed to play college baseball at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the seventh round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft. He 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 where he pitched to a 13-8 record and 2.43 ERA in 27 games. 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. He was later that season promoted to the Louisville Bats.
Mahle was called up to make his major league debut on August 27, 2017. 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. On September 13 of the same year, Mahle pitched five shutout innings against the St. Louis Cardinals to earn his first MLB win. 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. Mahle returned to Cincinnati's rotation to begin 2019.

Personal

His brother, Greg Mahle, is a left handed pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels.