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Kevin McGonigle
B/T L/R · 5' 9" · 187 lb · born Media, PA, USA · age 22 · draft 2023 rd CB-A · played SS 96, 3B 94, DH 5 · MLB debut 2026-03-26
Last 14 days (through 2026-10-11): 1 G · .667 AVG · 1 HR · 1 RBI · 2.334 OPS
709 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
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Scout’s note
A 22-year-old shortstop out of Media, Pennsylvania, taken in the 2023 Competitive Balance round, McGonigle's EV95 of 104.47 puts him 32nd percentile of the 406 bats we track — below the median of 105.8, but honest. His luck gap is -0.0061, meaning his .278/.806 line over 156 MLB games sits within a hair of what the physics support — nothing owed, nothing borrowed. He's No. 224 on the breakout composite; the board takes 20. The engine isn't chasing him, but at 22 with 507 balls in play and a 5.4 WAR, the price is right.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
We wrote about McGonigle here — The Overnight: 2-for-4, HR, BB, K (June 7, 2026)
Current signals
The read: McGonigle is tracked, not flagged: an EV95 of 104.5 (32nd percentile of the 406 qualified MLB bats we track; median 105.8) with results within 0.006 of what the physics support — nothing owed, nothing borrowed. The boards hunt mispricing, and his price is right. He sits No. 224 of 406 on the breakout composite; the board takes 20.
SQUARE — the line and the bat agree. Where he sits in the league →
- EV95 (mph)
- 104.47
- Luck gap (park-adj)
- -0.0061
- Overlay score
- 0.0273
- Age
- 22
Where he stands
throughAgainst the 406 qualified major-league hitters — 100+ balls in play this season, the same field the boards are chosen out of. Right is better on every row.
- EV95104.532
- Deserved (xVal)0.37855
- Got (aVal)0.36454
- Luck gap (park-adjusted)flipped-0.00653
today · 30 days ago, against the 375 men who qualified then · the tick is the midpoint · the number at the right is the percentile, the number beside it the measurement itself.
What he’s paid
Under contractA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s.
- 2026 salary
- $2.75M
- Tax hit
- $18.75M
- Service time
- 1 yr 0 d
- Guaranteed
- $150M
The deal 8 years $150M (2027–2034) — $18.8M a year on average, worked out by us rather than stated on the sheet, and not the same thing as the tax hit above
On the sheet: 8 y/$150M (27-34) · agent Vayner Sports (Greg Genske, Eric Izen) · 3 / 3 options left
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | $8.8M | $17.8M | $22.8M | $23.8M |
| Tax hit | $18.8M | $18.8M | $18.8M | $18.8M |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Detroit Tigers.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $0.78M
- Guaranteed
- $0.78M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Pre-Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | Minimum | $1.0M | $7.0M | $16.0M | $21.0M | $22.0M | $23.0M | $23.0M | $23.0M |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
The Wire
▲ On the field: Kevin McGonigle is Baseball America's 2026 MLB Rookie of the Year.
X chatter, trailing 2 days · as of 2026-10-11 · newest post 2026-10-10 · summarized by Grok (xAI) · how this works →
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The Bureau on Kevin McGonigle
The scouting press, in their own words
Can Kevin McGonigle play for the Lions too send tweet
Last year I wrote a piece about how Kevin McGonigle was a Near-Perfect Hitting Prospect. As a hitter, the closest analogue to McGonigle I can find in the minors this year is Josue De Paula. An explanation of their similarities: https://t.co/oxu2xW73iu
Jackson Jobe on the mound, Kevin McGonigle and Max Clark in the lineup. This is pure joy as a Tigers fan.
Umpire favor
+5.2 net runs over 90 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
| Year | Team | Lvl | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Detroit Tigers | MLB | 156 | 605 | 97 | 168 | 18 | 72 | 12 | 95 | 100 | .278 | .806 |
| MLB CAREER | 156 | 605 | 97 | 168 | 18 | 72 | 12 | 95 | 100 | .278 | .806 | ||
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