This article was originally published on www.si.com/onsi/minor-league-baseball as Kevin McGonigle Keeps Showing Detroit Tigers, Fans Why He Is Baseball's No. 2 Prospect. The Detroit Tigers seem to be keeping the seat warm until their top prospect, Kevin McGonigle, arrives to claim his starting spot in the infield.

The two-run shot in the eighth inning against Texas on Tuesday night merely padded the lead for Kansas City, which went on to a 5-2 victory. It was the fifth straight win for the Royals, who closed to within 2 1/2 games of an AL wild-card berth and are within nine games of the first-place Tigers in the AL Central.

For one, all four Wild Card series are set to begin on Sept. 30, which lands on a Tuesday. That's two days after the Tigers are set to play their final game of the regular season, a road game against the pennant-chasing Boston Red Sox.

The Detroit Tigers were in the midst of their roughest stretch of the season right around the time of the All-Star break, dropping 12 out of 13 games and seemin

From the perspective of MLB insider Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the Tigers' trade deadline is still viewed as lackluster two weeks after their moves. His initial grade was a "D," and it remains a "D" after their additions have made their debuts.

For the first time since the 1985 season, the Astros have been shut out in three consecutive games after losing in 10 innings Tuesday.

The Detroit Tigers were able to make quite a statement in their series opener against the Houston Astros.  In a matchup against two of the best teams in the Ame