The Detroit Tigers schedule in spring training is underway with their opening game, and Kevin McGonigle, their top prospect, was in the lineup for his debut.
Below, you can find updates with video of McGonigle’s at-bats Saturday, Feb. 21.
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McGonigle, the consensus No. 2 prospect in baseball, batted second and played shortstop against the New York Yankees in Tampa, Florida, at George M. Steinbrenner Field, a 20-3 Tigers loss.
McGonigle, who bats left-handed, lined a 1-1 single to left field on a 100.5 mph four-seam fastball in the first inning, and scored on an error two batters later. He had a soft lineout to right field in his second plate appearance. He was pinch-hit for in the fifth inning.
Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle slides into third base past New York Yankees third baseman Ryan McMahon during the first inning at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla. on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. McGonigle then scored on the catcher’s throwing error.
McGonigle, 21, finished the 2025 season at Double-A Erie, but still has a shot to make the Opening Day roster, though he’s more likely to start the season in Triple-A Toledo.
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Max Clark, the Tigers’ No. 2 prospect and a top-10 prospect in MLB, entered for McGonigle in the fifth, and went 1-for-3 with an infield single to the pitcher. He played center field.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle bats at live batting practice during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle bats at live batting practice during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle practices during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle practices during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle bats at live batting practice during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle bats at live batting practice during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle watches live batting practice during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle bats at practice during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle practices during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
From left Detroit Tigers infielder Zach McKinstry, infielder Kevin McGonigle and first baseman Spencer Torkelson walk toward the practice field during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle waves at fans on his way to practice during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle, left, and infielder Colt Keith watch live batting practice during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle practices during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle practices during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle practices during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle signs autographs for fans after practice at spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
Detroit Tigers Triple-A hitting coach Mike Hessman, left, talks to infielder Kevin McGonigle at practice during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle practices during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle runs a drill at practice during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026.
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Kevin McGonigle enjoying his first Detroit Tigers spring training
Detroit Tigers infielder Hao-Yu Lee, left, and infielder Kevin McGonigle practice during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Fla. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026.
We brought you instant coverage of McGonigle’s at-bats with highlights against the Yankees in a Grapefruit League exhibition game, the Tigers’ first of the season. Here’s a recap below.
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Kevin McGonigle stats, highlights today in Tigers at-bats
McGonigle finishes 1-for-2 in the Tigers’ spring training opener, exiting with the Tigers trailing 8-2 to the Yankees. McGonigle was pinch-hit for in the fifth inning.
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Max Clark pops out in first at-bat for Tigers
Clark, the Tigers’ No. 2 prospect and a consensus top-10 prospect in baseball, pinch-hit for McGonigle and faced right-hander Fernando Cruz. Clark, a left-handed hitter, popped out on a slider to third base. Clark then played center field.
Clark beat out an infield single to the pitcher in the seventh, then struck out swinging to end the game.
Kevin McGonigle lines out in second at-bat
Third inning: After Corey Julks pulled a leadoff home run inside the left field pole to cut the Tigers’ deficit to 3-2, Jahmai Jones walked, setting up McGonigle with no outs. McGonigle hit a soft lineout to Aaron Judge in right field on a 1-2 count on the fifth pitch of the at-bat. The pitch was a 91 mph changeup thrown low and on the edge of the strike zone by 6-foot-7 right-hander Carlos Lagrange. The exit velocity off the bat was a below-average 84.4 mph and traveled 290 feet.
Kevin McGonigle lines single in first at-bat
First inning: McGonigle, batting behind leadoff man Jahmai Jones, took a ball up, fouled a pitch out of play, then lined a 1-1 single to left field on a 100.5 mph four-seam fastball in the strike zone from Lagrange.
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The pitch was thrown low on the outer-half. The exit velocity off the bat was 104.5 mph. Lagrange, like McGonigle, finished the 2025 season in Double-A.
McGonigle moved to second on a Gleyber Torres single, and scored on a Colt Keith strikeout on a pitch in the dirt and error on catcher Ali Sánchez, whose throw to third sailed wide behind McGonigle and into left field.
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