"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."

McKinstry joins Javier Baez, Gleyber Torres, Riley Greene, and Tarik Skubal as the Tigers’ representatives at the Midsummer Classic. Per Garcia, that is the most the Tigers have had since 2013, when they brought six players to the All-Star game.

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.