Reliever David McKay packs a killer curveball

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY SportsAfter a busy couple of weeks around the league with players being released and rosters reset for the stretch drive, the Tigers finally put their waiver priority to work for them last Tuesday. They claimed right-handed reliever David McKay from the Seattle Mariners. In the pantheon of front office moves, this doesn’t figure to be terribly impactful, but the 24-year-old has potential and should make for an interesting project for Toledo Mud Hens’ pitching coach Juan Nieves.

That potential was very much on display in McKay’s first outing for the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens on August 10th. The young right-hander took over from Kyle Funkhouser in the sixth inning with a…