The Big 3

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Peter Welch

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Sep 4, 2025, 10:48:12 PM (3 days ago) Sep 4

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Here's how the Tigers' "Big 3" prospects are doing at AA Erie:

Max Clark: .250/.369/.450 (.819 OPS), 6 homers, 4 doubles, 3 triples in 168 PA. 26 walks, 27 Ks. 7 stolen bases in 7 attempts.

Kevin McGonigle: .246/.371/.521 (.892 OPS), 9 homers, 8 doubles, 2 triples in 175 PA. 30 walks, 21 Ks.

Josue Briceno: .230/.323/.367 (.690 OPS), 4 homers, 5 doubles, 1 triple in 162 PA. 19 walks, 41 Ks.

It looks like AA is where they should be right now.

Clark, McGonigle and Briceno are all very young for AA, so there is no rush with their development. The good news is that Clark and McGonigle seem to be increasing their power in AA.

I don't think the Tigers will promote any of them to AAA this month, but we'll see. They might just want them to play with Erie in the Eastern League playoffs.

I think McGonigle and Clark will be given a chance to make the Tigers next spring, but they will probably start next season with Toledo and be promoted to Detroit during the season.

Briceno is a longer-term project, partly because he's working on his defense at catcher, but also he seems to be slower transitioning to AA than Clark and McGonigle.