Detroit Tigers: Zach McAllister had a brief stint in the Motor City

With the 2018 season coming to a close, we are providing year-end grades to each Detroit Tigers player who donned the Olde English D in 2018.

The Detroit Tigers completed the first year of what looks to be a multi-year rebuilding process. While the team was hard to watch at times, there is still plenty to evaluate from this season as we look ahead to the next few years.

As with any team, there were a lot of excellent performances, surprise performances, and of course disappointing performances. Here at Motor City Bengals, we are going to be evaluating each player who suited up for the Detroit Tigers this season. We will analyze how they performed, what their future holds in the Motor City, and we will provide them a grade.

Note: the grade will be relative to what was expected of them. So a player who performed well above expectations may earn a B or an A, even if their actual season numbers are not that elite. If you disagree, feel free to drop us a comment. We would love to have discussions about these!

The Tigers brought in numerous veterans over the past year to help start the rebuild. Leonys Martin (reviewed here) and Mike Fiers (here) were both in that group.

The next player we are grading is another veteran that the club brought in. However, his team with the team was probably the shortest stint of the group.

Zach McAllister

The Detroit Tigers brought in Zach Mcallister in early August, after the Indians released him, to try and help with their bullpen woes.  He played in just three games for the Tigers. In which he gave up eight runs.

Eight days after signing with the team he found himself DFA’d, clearing waivers and becoming a free agent for the second time this season. The Tigers bullpen problems are no secret and the addition of McAllister did nothing to even slow down the problem.

Grade: F

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