Maybe on another planet Kevin McGonigle would have issues hitting.

But this is Earth, and this autumn he’s in Arizona, and it’s always the same story with the Tigers infielder no matter where he’s sidling up to home plate with a bat in hand.

McGonigle is part of a seven-player Tigers cast in the Arizona Fall League and through 11 games in this post-season, tool-sharpening, six-week venture in refining baseball skills ahead of probable MLB life, McGonigle is carrying numbers in step with his ranking (MLB Pipeline, Baseball America) as the No. 2 prospect on big-league farms: .366 batting average, .491 on-base percentage, .610 slugging, 1.101 OPS, with a pair of home runs and four doubles.

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