UPDATED RESEARCH - Mack's Mock Pick: 1.12 - SS - Kevin McGonigle

 

Kevin McGonigle 

SS          Monsignor Bonner

 

9-7-22 -  Top 20 high school prospects for '23 Draft

https://www.mlb.com/news/top-high-school-draft-prospects-2023 - 

7. Kevin McGonigle, SS/2B, Monsignor Bonner HS (Pa.)

A member of the USA Baseball 18U team, McGonigle just hits. Everywhere he goes, he shows off a professional approach and extremely impressive bat-to-ball skills, including during PDP League play and the High School All-American Game. He’s a solid left-handed-hitting middle infielder who might end up at second base, where he could take after his favorite player, Chase Utley.

 

8-3-2022 -

Ranking the Top 30 2023 MLB Draft Prospects - 

https://www.oddschecker.com/us/insight/baseball/mlb/20220803-2023-mlb-mock-draft-ranking-the-top-30-2023-mlb-draft-prospects - 

13. Kevin McGonigle, SS, Monsignor Bonner HS (Aldan, PA)

 

7-20-2022 -

2023 MLB Draft mock

https://www.mlb.com/news/2023-mlb-draft-mock - 

10. D-backs: Kevin McGonigle, SS, Monsignor Bonner HS (Aldan, Pa.) 

McGonigle is already building a reputation as one of the best pure hitters among the high school crop, going 7-for-15 in PDP League action. He’s a left-handed-hitting middle infielder who just has an innate feel for the barrel.

 

7-26-2022 -

2023 MLB DRAFT - TOP 100 HIGH SCHOOL PROSPECTS - 

5. Kevin McGonigle

Shortstop, Monsignor Bonner

 

7-28-22 -

2023 MLB DRAFT - TOP 150 PROSPECTS -

https://www.prospectslive.com/prospects-live/2022/1/15/2023-mlb-draft-prospects - 

16. Kevin McGonigle

Shortstop, Monsignor Bonner 

McGonigle is a smaller, twitchy infielder with lightning for hands and impressive core strength at the plate. He's hit absolutely everywhere he's gone, showcasing the bat to scouting executives on a number of occasions throughout the u17 circuit. It's a compact, strong, sometimes rotational cut that creates big pound-for-pound pull-side power, though McGonigle is in no rush to sell out for the juice. 

This is a hitter with an advanced approach at the plate before anybody will label him a slugger. McGonigle has a loose, flashy glove with a bouncy actions on the dirt. 

He possesses an average arm and his feet can get short and choppy on balls his to his left and right. Some believe the profile is best suited as an impact second baseman, though proponents point to his athleticism, lateral burst and sparky actions as reasons to let him develop as a shortstop.