Alex Presley, Detroit Tigers - Alex Presley was a late addition to the lineup Tuesday after right fielder JD Martinez was dealt to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Presely went 1-for-4 in the game and I'd guess that he'd be the person to most immediately receive benefit from the deal. There is one issue though with Presley and it's that entering the game he had four plate appearances against lefties this year and is 0-for-3 with a walk. However for his career though he's actually had moderate success against southpaws with a .270 average against them with a pair of homers but still only has 248 career plate appearances against them while having over 1,000 against righties. Teams have clearly chosen to hide him against lefties to this point in his career, so we'll have to see when more news comes out if they will continue to do the same or will let him role. Either way he's an AL only add at best.
Carlos Correa, Houston Astros - Carlos Correa is going to miss 6-to-8 weeks after undergoing surgery for a torn thumb ligament that might have been started during the series in Atlanta back on July 4th. Correa has been having the best season of his career matching his homers from last season at 20 and has a career high ISO to go along with a .320/.400/.566 triple slash. For those sabermetrically inclined (like most here are) that's good for a 158 wRC+. This is essentially the same injury that sidelined Mike Trout for 6 weeks and that would put him back right around the beginning of September, but the early reports are saying it will be closer to the 8 week end of things. Marwin Gonzalez got the start at shortstop Tuesday and I'd expect to see him and a bit of Alex Bregman at the position over the next month and a half and some change.
Tyson Ross, Texas Rangers - Tyson Ross was rocked by the Orioles giving up eight runs (9 earned) in 3.1 innings. He gave up two long balls and walked three, while striking out four. Ross just flat out isn't any good anymore, there's not really anything about his stat line that makes him worthwhile in fantasy. He's not an elite strikeout pitcher anymore (6.91/9), he's walking a TON of batters (5.02/9), allowing a lot of homers (1.57/9), not stranding anyone (55%), and this is all with a BABIP 50 points under his career rate meaning IT COULD GET WORSE! The only thing remotely positive about his line is he isn't allowing a terrible amount of hard contact, but he has always been pretty good at limiting that.
Yoan Moncada, Chicago White Sox - Thanks to the Todd Frazier trade to the Yankees it allowed the White Sox to call up the #1 prospect in baseball according to most prospect outlets. Moncada in his brief callup last season with the Red Sox was completely overwhelmed striking out in 60% of his at bats but has had a solid season in AAA slashing .285/.381/.452 with 12 homers and 17 steals. He's a must add in all formats because of his sheer upside, one that very few in baseball have. There's still likely going to be some swing and miss in his game (28% in AAA this year) but he should be able to tally enough stats around it to make up for it. They aren't calling him up for any sort of platoon situation so he's going to be in the lineup every day for certain.
Mike Clevinger, Cleveland Indians - Mike Clevinger stretched his quality start streak to four games with six shutout innings on Tuesday. Clevinger has now thrown back-to-back six inning shutouts but this outing he struck out seven batters and walked just two. He now has a K/9 of 9.95 which is a career high for him but at the same time he's also walking batters at a really high rate at 4.50. It's also been five starts now since he allowed over two runs in a single outing. His next start comes against the Angels next week.
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