No time to rest: Struggling Tigers keep leaning on rookie McGonigle
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How do you sit one of your most consistent producers during this stretch of bad baseball?
Baltimore — There he was again. On the lineup card. Leading off and starting at shortstop.
Tigers’ manager AJ Hinch would love to give 21-year-old rookie Kevin McGonigle a day off. He had planned to give him a game off against the Guardians, who had two lefty starters. But how do you sit one of your most consistent producers during a stretch like the Tigers are in?
“Yeah, not with how things have been going and how he’s been doing,” Hinch said. “He’s holding up fine. ” Yes, he is.
Before Friday, he’d played in 49-of-51 games and his 2. 7 WAR was tied with Cody Bellinger and Shea Langeliers for second best in the American League. Only Bobby Witt, Jr.