Fantasy Baseball Opening Day Takeaways: Kevin McGonigle and the kids steal the show

Rookies were the unmistakable lead story in both fantasy baseball and reality on Thursday’s heavy-slate Opening Day. Carson Benge homered. JJ Wetherholt homered.

Munetaka Murakami homered. And then Chase DeLauter hit two in the final game of the night. We’ll get to the trotting rookies in a moment.

But I want to start with someone who didn’t hit a home run, yet perhaps had the best debut of all — Detroit’s Kevin McGonigle. Even if you’re not a hardcore prospect hound, you probably knew about McGonigle entering the season. He’s the consensus No.

2 prospect in baseball (trailing only Pittsburgh hotshot Konnor Griffin), and he forced his way into Detroit's lineup with a dynamic spring. McGonigle had a . 250/.