The Tigers announced that they’ve designated right-hander Zach McAllister for assignment. To take his place, they plan on selecting fellow righty Jacob Turner’s contract from Triple-A Toledo prior to Sunday’s game against the Twins.
It appears the marriage between the Tigers and McAllister will end up as a short-lived union, as the team just signed the 30-year-old on Aug. 10. In order to make room for the addition of McAllister, Detroit designated Turner, making Saturday’s move a reversal of that transaction.
The hard-throwing McAllister appeared in three games and threw 3 1/3 innings as a Tiger, giving up a whopping eight earned runs on 10 hits despite racking up five strikeouts against no walks. McAllister also struggled to prevent runs across 41 2/3 frames with the AL Central rival Indians earlier this year, as he pitched to a 4.97 ERA with 7.3 K/9 against 2.2 BB/9, prompting the Tribe to release him Aug. 8.
McAllister isn’t far removed from serving as a quality reliever, evidenced by his 2.99 ERA over 183 1/3 innings from 2015-17, but it appears this will go down as a season to forget for him. Turner, on the other hand, hasn’t experienced much success since debuting with the Tigers back in 2011, but they’ll give him a chance to make his second start of the season Sunday. The 27-year-old owns a 5.37 ERA with 5.76 K/9 against 3.51 BB/9 in 369 big league frames, and has allowed a comical 15 earned runs on 19 hits in just 6 2/3 innings between Detroit and Miami in 2018.
Turner? Ick!
Another go around for Jacob Turner
Double yikes.
“comical” ? You think his struggles are funny?
Calm down. The amount of runs he’s given up is a bit ridiculous, given the innings he’s pitched.
No, but I think you freaking out over it is pretty comical.
Kind of actually yeah
To quote George Carlin’s take on elections, it applies to this situation:
“Garbage in, garbage out”
There are some bullpens that need him more than Detroit does and they could use him as a trade chup.
Yeah a good trade chip at that. They may get a kid in low A ball who’s hitting .220 lol
Remember how the Padres got Fernando Tatis jr in the James Shields deal? I thought so
Shields had been an average to really good Inning Eating Starter more times than not over the prior 11 seasons. He was pitching to roughly average results at the time of the deal, while the Sox were trying to add a 3rd starter for a possible playoff push (they were above .500 when deal was made.) Meanwhile Tatis was an extremely well regarded international signing who was 17 and yet to even suit up for the White Sox organization
How is either of these questionable BP arms who have been available for free on the DFA pile even remotely comparable to Shields? And how in the world do you see either getting a prospect as highly regarded as Tatis was at the time?
I was using him as a better example because McAllister is an average reliever. Which holds lottery ticket value, that’s about it.
Tatis wasn’t a lottery ticket, he had basically just signed for nearly 1mm with huge fanfare.
And if McAllister were an average RP he wouldn’t be on the DFA pile for the second time in a month.
Like the Yankees did to get Austin Kearns from the tribe. Thanks for that btw NY
McAllister’s fall from grace continues. I think he’s still better than Turner though.
I though the Tigers should’ve given Jacob Turner a longer look. The Tigers played badly behind him in his only start. He may still not stick but he might. Zach McAllister is batting practice for the opposition.
According to the Detroit News, the Tigers had a change of plans. Daniel Stumpf has been recalled instead of Turner and Buck Farmer will get the start this afternoon against the Twins.
I will volunteer to pitch for the Tigers after Turner gets DFA’d later today. I am a 47 yo RHP that tops out at 65 mph. But I would be a “wily” rookie.
Note to CLE front office: DO NOT consider this an opportunity for a 2nd chance by signing McAllister to a minors deal. The guy is completely ineffective (has been all year), so move on – nothing to see here……and I DO mean nothing.