Hearing From The People On Who's Risking More: McGonigle Or The Tigers?
The Valenti Show
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🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Eight years, $150 million is the scratch for Kevin McGonigal, 17 games, 61 at bats, 19 hits. |
| 0:10.3 | Guess who, by the way, has the most hits on the big league club these days? |
| 0:15.0 | Yeah, the guy you just signed. |
| 0:16.8 | Colt Keith has been on an absolute tear. |
| 0:21.9 | Absolute bender. |
| 0:24.1 | But McGonigle's got 19 hits. |
| 0:24.9 | I know. |
| 0:27.7 | And it's just, if you can go into the way back machine, |
| 0:30.7 | what if you added him to that playoff roster last year? |
| 0:31.8 | It hurts. |
| 0:33.0 | It hurts. |
| 0:34.8 | And I didn't think he was this ready. If you're willing to give him this deal, 17 games in tells me, |
| 0:42.9 | looks like, seems like, feels like he should have been on their playoff roster last year. |
| 0:46.9 | If you're willing to gamble this quickly on him. |
| 0:50.8 | This is incredible. |
| 0:52.2 | You go through the statistical categories for the Tigers. |
| 0:55.9 | He is second in batting average, first and on base percentage, second in slugging, first in |
| 1:04.6 | OPS, and first in war. He just started. It's a heck of a start. |
| 1:12.5 | Now we got to see what happens because it's baseball. |
| 1:15.6 | So you know, water's going to find his level. |
| 1:19.2 | I just want everybody to remember this when he hits a slump or it's not as great and be like, |
| 1:24.1 | we waste it. |
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