Kevin McGonigle, No. 2 prospect in baseball, makes Tigers' Opening Day roster
The Tigers open the season on Thursday against the San Diego Padres.
Kevin McGonigle, the No. 2 ranked prospect in baseball , will begin the 2026 season with the Detroit Tigers, the team announced Tuesday . The 21-year-old shortstop will get the start when the Tigers begin their season Thursday against the San Diego Padres .
Draft your Yahoo Fantasy Baseball team for the 2026 MLB Season “He’ll play on the left side of the infield,” Tigers manager A. J. Hinch said, via MLB.
com . “We’ve worked him there the entire spring, so I don’t think that you’ll see him at second base. He’ll stay both at short and third.
I need to get to the lineup for Opening Day, which means I need to have some conversations about how I’m going to line it up over the next 24 hours, but Kevin will be in the lineup. ” As he prepared for the 2026 season, McGonigle impressed at the plate and in the field during Spring Training. In 52 plate appearances, he slashed .