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The Valenti Show

Who's Risking More With The McGonigle Deal?

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Marc and Rico discuss whether the Tigers or Kevin McGonigle is taking on more risk with their long-term contract extension.

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0:00.0

Great to have you guys with us, 971.

0:04.1

Rolling on until just after 6 p.m. tonight leading you right up to Tigers baseball.

0:09.8

And how about the Tigers news we had today?

0:13.7

Kevin McGonagall, great news by any stretch of the imagination.

0:19.1

Kevin McGonigal signs an eight-year, $150 million deal with the Detroit Tigers.

0:25.9

He's batting over 300.

0:28.1

He already has the best eye on the entire team.

0:31.4

Some might say he's already the best hitter on the team.

0:35.6

And, well, in an era where teams are doing the very smart thing and they're locking up their

0:40.5

talent young, Kevin McGonigal got paid the most of the young guys getting locked up young.

0:47.8

Connor Griffin, 140 million, 19 years old.

0:52.2

Corbyn Carroll, 111 at 22. Kevin McGonagall, agent drove a hard bargain,

0:58.6

150 at 21 years old. How you feel in Detroit? How are you feeling about it? Your guy,

1:06.3

you now have him for three more years than you would have otherwise.

1:14.0

He would have been free to roam after 2031.

1:17.4

Now you have him locked up until 2034.

1:23.7

Is this a situation where you've seen enough to put the ring on it that Scott Harris is?

1:27.7

Or did you need a few more dates before you would get there?

1:33.7

248, 539, 9797 is where you guys can get to us on the show.

1:37.9

Rico, I take it you're happy with a caveat.

1:42.4

I mean, I think that I like what the Tigers did.

1:46.2

You saw you had a player. You saw you had somebody that you think is going to be a cornerstone piece to this organization. And you locked them up. And

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