Tigers sign top prospect Kevin McGonigle to $150 million extension just 17 games into career

Rookie shortstop Kevin McGonigle has lone played 17 games, but the Detroit Tigers already cognize they privation him for the agelong term.

The Tigers announced connected Wednesday that they agreed to an eight-year, $150 cardinal hold for McGonigle, which begins adjacent season.

The 21-year-old came into the play arsenic the No. 2 wide imaginable successful shot by aggregate outlets and has thrived truthful acold this play with the Tigers. In 17 games, McGonigle has a .311 batting mean with 1 location run, and 8 RBI, portion playing some shortstop and 3rd base.

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Kevin McGonigle celebrates with Detroit Tigers teammates successful the dugout aft hitting his archetypal large league location tally successful the 5th inning against the Miami Marlins astatine Comerica Park. Detroit, Michigan, connected April 12, 2026. The Tigers won 8-2. (Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

The declaration hold covers the 2027-34 seasons, which see the last 5 seasons of nine power and McGonigle’s archetypal 3 seasons of escaped agency. His wage volition summation passim the duration of the deal.

He volition gain guaranteed salaries of $1 cardinal successful 2027, $7 cardinal successful 2028, $16 cardinal successful 2029, $21 cardinal successful 2030, $22 cardinal successful 2031 and $23 cardinal successful the 2032, 2033 and 2034 seasons.

He has escalators successful his declaration that tin summation his 2032 maximum basal wage to $25 million, his 2033 maximum to $26 cardinal and his 2034 maximum to $28 million, making the maximum worth of the woody $160 million.

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Detroit Tigers shortstop Kevin McGonigle celebrates aft diving safely astatine location sheet successful the eighth inning against the Kansas City Royals astatine Comerica Park. Detroit, Michigan, connected April 14, 2026. (Rick Osentoski/Imagn Images)

The Tigers drafted McGonigle successful the archetypal circular (37th wide pick) of the 2023 MLB Draft retired of Monsignor Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast High School successful Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.

The Pennsylvania autochthonal played successful Single-A, High-A, and Double-A past twelvemonth successful the insignificant leagues. He impressed, hitting .305 with 19 location runs and 80 RBI successful 88 games crossed those 3 levels.

After the play ended, McGonigle played successful the Arizona Fall League and won the MVP. In 19 games, helium deed .362 with 5 location runs and 19 RBI, walking 19 times portion striking retired conscionable 12 times.

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Detroit Tigers' Kevin McGonigle watches his location tally against the Miami Marlins during the 5th inning of a shot game. Detroit, Michigan, connected April 12, 2026. (Paul Sancya/AP Photo)

McGonigle has shown awesome sheet discipline, arsenic passim his insignificant league vocation helium walked 123 times portion striking retired conscionable 84 times successful 818 insignificant league appearances. That inclination has translated to the large leagues, arsenic helium has walked 11 times with conscionable 8 strikeouts truthful acold this season.

The Tigers (8-9), who bushed the Kansas City Royals (7-10) 2-1 connected Tuesday, volition play them again successful the 2nd crippled of their three-game bid connected Wednesday astatine 6:40 p.m. ET.

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