"Everybody's so proud of him," A.J. Hinch said of Zach McKinstry. "Rewarding moment for me as a manager, but more importantly for Z-Mac as a player."

Hinch revealed the news by calling McKinstry into his office. The four other Tigers All-Stars -- Gleyber Torres, Javier Báez, Riley Greene and Tarik Skubal -- were already there. So was Tigers president Scott Harris. So were coaches George Lombard and Joey Cora.

Zach McKinstry has always been self-aware. Aware of the fact he was a 33rd-round draft pick out of Central Michigan, which before now had only produced one other MLB All-Star (outfielder Tom Tresh, who represented the Yankees in 1962 and 1963).