Tigers' Kevin McGonigle needs to hit the weight room
He's coming up just a little bit short.
Tigers' Kevin McGonigle needs to hit the weight room originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Kevin McGonigle hit a powerful fly ball deep to right field on Tuesday night in Atlanta.
But just in front of the wall, Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. made a leaping catch to rob the Detroit Tigers rookie of extra bases. As it turns out, McGonigle has been in this spot a lot.
He's among the leaders in baseball in a frustrating stat: Outs made on balls hit more than 350 feet. Somehow, McGonigle already has nine of those: Only Yordan Alvarez & Ronald Acuna (10) have more outs hit over 350ft than Kevin McGonigle (9) #DNMW https://t. co/ynMmQTEvAq pic.
twitter. com/oKshrEmJIF ā Tigers Data (@TigersData) April 29, 2026 MORE: This might be the weirdest way to get an inside-the-park HR There are a couple of layers to this. The first is that McGonigle legitimately should get stronger as his career goes along, and that could turn contact like this into over the fence instead of just to the fence.