Overview
- McGonigle has reached base in 24 straight starts, the longest streak by a Tigers player age 21 or younger since Al Kaline’s 34 in 1956, according to team PR.
- He is batting .330 with a .951 OPS, with two home runs, two triples and a 16-to-15 walk-to-strikeout line in his first month.
- Statcast shows whiff and strikeout rates around 12 percent with contact across pitch types, and his expected stats track closely with his actual results.
- He has split time at shortstop and third base, posting zero defensive runs saved at short and a reported 32 at third in a small sample.
- The breakout has stirred early All-Star talk for the Philadelphia game after an eight-year, $150 million extension earlier in April set high expectations.