Matt Hall (baseball)


Matthew Thomas Hall is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. He made his MLB debut with the Detroit Tigers in 2018. Listed at and, he throws and bats left-handed.

Career

Amateur career

Hall attended Lee's Summit West High School in Lee's Summit, Missouri, and Missouri State University, where he played college baseball for the Missouri State Bears. Hall played collegiate summer baseball in 2014 for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League. On May 5, 2015, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association named Hall their NCAA Division I Pitcher of the Week. Collegiate Baseball named him a First-Team All-American after the 2015 season.

Professional career

Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers selected Hall in the sixth round of the 2015 MLB draft. After he signed, he pitched for the Connecticut Tigers of the Class A-Short Season New York-Penn League. In 2016, he pitched for the West Michigan Whitecaps of the Class A Midwest League. He began the 2017 season with the Lakeland Flying Tigers of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, and was promoted to the Erie SeaWolves of the Class AA Eastern League in August.
In 2018, Hall began working as a relief pitcher for Erie. On July 9, he was named the Eastern League's Pitcher of the Week. The next day, the Tigers promoted him to the Toledo Mud Hens of the Class AAA International League. Hall was named the Tigers Minor League Pitcher of the Year. In 37 combined appearances between Erie and Toledo, he posted a 2.13 ERA and 1.085 WHIP, with 135 strikeouts in innings. He had his contract purchased and was promoted to the major leagues on September 11, 2018, as a September call-up. He made his major league debut for the Tigers on September 15 in a game against the Cleveland Indians, where he pitched one inning, allowing eight hits, one walk and nine runs, six of which were earned. Hall made a total of five appearances with the 2018 Tigers, recording a 14.63 ERA while striking out five batters in eight innings pitched. During the 2019 season, Hall split time between Toledo and Detroit. With the 2019 Tigers he made 16 appearances, compiling an 0–1 record with 7.71 ERA and 27 strikeouts in innings.

Boston Red Sox

On January 17, 2020, Hall was traded to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for minor league catcher Jhon Nuñez. On March 26, the team optioned Hall to the Class A-Advanced Salem Red Sox. He was added to Boston's active roster for the delayed start of the season, and made his first major league start in the team's fifth game, pitching on July 28 against the New York Mets and taking the loss.