DETROIT — Another round of prospect rankings is out, and it can now be said with even greater certainty: Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle is the consensus No. 2 prospect in all of baseball.

It is quite a consensus. Baseball America, ESPN, MLB Pipeline and The Athletic all have McGonigle ranked behind Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop prospect Konnor Griffin.

Three other Tigers prospects also appear in every ranking. Outfielder Max Clark is a consensus top-10 prospect, and shortstop Bryce Rainer is ranked inside the top 35 on all four lists. Catcher Josué Briceño has the widest variation, ranging from 40th to 76th.

The only ranking to go out on a limb belonged to The Athletic, where prospect guru Keith Law ranked infielder Max Anderson 91st.

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44Max Anderson–91-

That is notable because no other site put Anderson in the top 100, and some rankings, such as Baseball Prospectus and MLB Pipeline, have Anderson barely making the Tigers’ top 10 organizational prospects.

McGonigle, 21, was selected out of high school in the first round (37th overall) in 2023. He opened last season at High-A West Michigan and overwhelmed the level, hitting .372 with a 1.110 OPS across 171 plate appearances, piling up 19 doubles and seven home runs while drawing 23 walks against just 19 strikeouts. He continued to hit well during a call-up to Double-A Erie. Barring a surprise, he’s likely to open the season in Triple-A Toledo, but his big-league debut won’t be far behind.

Clark, 21, was drafted with the No. 3 overall pick in 2023 and, like McGonigle, split last season between West Michigan and Erie. He posted an .835 OPS with 14 home runs and 19 stolen bases in 533 plate appearances.

Rainer, 20, was drafted just two spots behind Griffin in 2024. He played in only 35 games for Class A Lakeland before dislocating his right shoulder, but showed enough to climb many prospect lists.

Briceño, 21, is a newcomer on all four lists. He jumped onto prospect lists with a dominant performance in the 2024 Arizona Fall League and followed it up with big numbers at Class A (advanced) West Michigan in 2025.

Anderson, who turns 24 in February, is the only member of the group with a college background and is the oldest of the bunch. He was drafted in the second round in 2023 out of Nebraska.

After a so-so debut season at West Michigan in 2024, he hit much better at Double-A Erie in 2025 and followed it with outstanding numbers in the Arizona Fall League. He walked 18 times and struck out just nine times in 69 plate appearances.

“I don’t know where Anderson can play, but I know he can hit,” Law wrote in The Athletic. “He’ll play every day at (second or third base) as long as he keeps those batting averages up, and I think he will given the ability to square the ball up that he showed last year.”