Kevin McGonigle's draft impact could create massive shift for Tigers' future

Say what you will about Scott Harris, but the guy knows how to draft. His first with the Tigers in 2023 could go down as the best in Detroit's recent history, especially after Kevin McGonigle, their Competitive Balance Round A pick that year, just won American League Rookie of the Year honors.

McGonigle, Max Clark, John Peck, Andrew Sears, and Brett Callahan, who made their MLB debuts in 2026, all came from that class. Max Anderson, their second-round pick, is waiting in the wings.

Harris is still working with a lot of pieces leftover from the Al Avila era, but the youth movement has almost entirely been made in Harris' image. The jury is very much still out on Peck, Sears, and Callahan, but…