Fort Myers, Fla. — Matt Hall, who’d just finished his second stint in the big leagues with the Tigers, was sitting around the house with his father back in mid-January when the name "Al Avila" popped up on his phone.
Adrenalin spike.
“He said we’re going to DFA you,” Hall said. “I was like, ‘OK.’ I didn’t know what to say. I was not expecting that at all.”
And yet, it may end up being the call that recharges his career.