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Zach McAllister Elects Free Agency

By Steve Adams | August 21, 2018 at 5:05pm CDT

The Tigers announced Tuesday that right-hander Zach McAllister has cleared waivers and elected free agency after being designated for assignment over the weekend. He’s free to sign with any team for the pro-rated league minimum for the remainder of the year, with the Indians on the hook for the bulk of his $2.45MM salary.

McAllister, 30, was with the Tigers for all of eight days before being designated for assignment for the second time this season. The longtime Cleveland setup man was hammered for eight earned runs on the strength of 10 hits (one homer) in three appearances with the Tigers. In total, he tossed just 3 1/3 innings in a Detroit uniform, though he did collect five strikeouts without issuing a walk.

While the 2018 season has been a disaster for McAllister (6.20 ERA in 45 innings), he was a quality bullpen piece for the Indians over the past three seasons. From 2015-17, he pitched to a pristine 2.99 ERA with 10.0 K/9 against 3.3 BB/9 through 183 1/3 innings of work. To his credit, McAllister is still averaging a healthy 95.3 mph on his fastball in 2018, and his swinging-strike rate (9.7 percent) and chase rate on pitches out of the strike zone (31.3 percent) are both improved from recent seasons — particularly the latter, which is easily a career-best.

McAllister now has more than six years of big league service after crossing that threshold earlier this summer, meaning any team that signs him will merely be in control of him for the final few weeks of the season. His performance hasn’t been worthy of a spot on a postseason roster anyhow, but if he hooks on with another club prior to Sept. 1, he’d be eligible for the playoffs with his new team, should he be able to demonstrably right the ship over the season’s final five weeks.

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  1. Tacomatosed

    3 years ago

    Dodgers? At this point anyone is better than who you have….

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    • partyatnapolis

      3 years ago

      trust me, coming from an indians fan, you do not want him in your bullpen. he’s downright horrible.

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      • tigerfan4ever

        3 years ago

        As a Tiger fan, I agree, he’s horrible. As a Cub fan, please, please sign him, put him in your bullpen and let him give up 5 runs a game in the postseason!

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        • partyatnapolis

          3 years ago

          i’m ok with that concept lol

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      • Michael Chaney

        3 years ago

        Yeah I agree. I don’t have the stats available, but it seemed like he always pitched in low-leverage situations so he was basically just another middle relief arm. Any time he’d come in for a high-leverage situation, I wasn’t too comfortable.

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        • mlbgeek

          3 years ago

          Tito used him in a few higher leverage situations in 2016-17.. but his better numbers always seemed a bit deceiving. His outs were often VERY loud. I can’t think of a time in last two seasons I felt comfortable when his name was called aside from a blowout.

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  2. sufferfortribe

    3 years ago

    Zach, Taiwan is on line two.

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  3. ray_derek

    3 years ago

    Brewers need another infielder, think he played SS in high school

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    • sufferfortribe

      3 years ago

      He takes too long to throw the ball.

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      • layventsky

        3 years ago

        Not as long as Rafael Betancourt.

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        • sufferfortribe

          3 years ago

          True, but it’s close.

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  4. lasportsguru18

    3 years ago

    Do the Dodgers take a shot at Zack Mac?

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