Michael Tyler Hensley (born July 30, 1993) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
[3] Hensley stopped playing football as a senior in order to focus on baseball.
Though the Yankees and Hensley agreed on a $1.6 million signing bonus, a physical examination discovered an abnormality in the shoulder of his pitching arm.
An MRI and arthrogram found a bone calcification inside a torn ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow.
At the 2016 Winter Meetings, the Tampa Bay Rays selected Hensley from the Yankees in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft.
[9] In 2019, Hensley pitched for the Utica Unicorns of the United Shore Professional Baseball League.
[9] On August 6, 2020, Hensley threw a no-hitter for Utica against the Eastside Diamond Hoppers.
[1][2] Hensley has a brother, J. R., who also pitches and plays left tackle for the football team.
Anthony Morales, an American football linebacker who played college football for Weber State University, allegedly attacked Hensley, kicking him in the head, when they argued about signing bonuses, and Hensley refused to tell Morales how much he received in his signing bonus.