Justyn-Henry

Malloy

Keith has been added to Detroit’s roster after missing the club’s Wild Card Series against Cleveland with right rib cage inflammation. The 24-year-old figures to get plenty of opportunities to face Seattle’s righty-heavy rotation. Reliever Brenan Hanifee is the only other new addition with Justyn-Henry Malloy and Paul Sewald being excluded.

Malloy will be up to potentially provided some help off the bench — or get some time against left-handers — for the final five games of the season. Jace Jung was optioned to Toledo in the corresponding move.

Malloy returns to the minors with Chris Paddack back from bereavement leave. There isn’t a spot for him with Detroit now that center fielder Parker Meadows is back from the injured list.

Tonight, at least, it seems that the Tigers will play with 14 position players and 12 pitchers. Meadows, who missed five weeks with a quad strain, will contend for starts in center field against righties. Wenceel Pérez and Javier Báez have been sharing time there, with Pérez also getting starts in right. Justyn-Henry Malloy could be sent down when the Tigers go back to 13 pitchers.

The 25-year-old lefty masher joins the Tigers as a September call-up, adding another valuable option to the team’s bench for the stretch run. Malloy has hit just .208/.339/.281 with a homer, 16 RBI and a 31/19 K/BB ratio in 118 plate appearances with the Tigers on the season.

It was a short stint for Malloy in the majors, as he was just recalled Wednesday. He’ll head back to Toledo with Reese Olson (finger) activated off the injured list. Malloy will be back at some point this summer.

Malloy provides Detroit with some extra right-handed pop for the second contest of Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Padres. The 25-year-old has posted a respectable .638 OPS with one homer and 16 RBI across 45 games this season in the big leagues.

Malloy was hitting .215/.348/.290 while mostly playing against lefties. His patience at the plate ensures a respectable OBP, but he’s going to have to hit for more power in order to stick in the majors. He had just one homer in 115 plate appearances this season.

The Tigers packed all of their scoring into the fourth inning, which also featured a two-run double from Colt Keith, and they won despite being outhit 10-7, outhomered 1-0 and outwalked 4-2. The start today was a rare one against a righty for Malloy. He’s batting .220/.348/.297 in 112 plate appearances while mostly playing versus southpaws.

Carpenter, who is hitting .400 (10-for-25) with one homer and one steal over his last seven games, takes a seat with veteran lefty Eric Lauer toeing the rubber on Saturday afternoon for Toronto. It’ll be Justyn-Henry Malloy coming up to the leadoff spot with Gleyber Torres getting a break from the field at DH.