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The versatile 24-year-old had a nice season for the Guardians’ Triple-A affiliate in 2024, slashing .275/.365/.426 with nine homers, 44 RBI, 22 stolen bases and an 85/38 K/BB ratio over 345 plate appearances. He’ll fight for a spot on the Brewers’ Opening Day bench.

The Tigers acquired Heuer from the Rangers for cash on July 31st, and the 29-year-old has allowed two runs on three hits in 3 1/3 innings in two appearances for the Tigers so far. He will head to Triple-A with Sawyer Gipson-Long being activated from the injured list.

Gipson-Long has been on the IL with a neck injury since July 2nd. He’s made two rehab starts in Triple-A and has built up to 57 pitches so far. With no clear spot in the Tigers’ rotation, it seems that he could operate as a bulk reliever for now.

Sweeney has now started three of the four games since he was recalled from Triple-A Toledo on Sunday. With Matt Vierling on the injured list, it seems that the Tigers are going to play Wenceel Perez in right field and shift Javier Baez to center field to allow Sweeney to play regularly at shortstop. The 25-year-old is hitting .208/.277/.301 in 88 games for the Tigers this year and remains off the fantasy radar.

The Pohlad family had reportedly been in talks to sell the team, but chairman Joe Pohlad told the Minnesota Star Tribune that the team has taken on minority partners instead and will remain in control of the organization. While the new partners have not been revealed, the Star Tribune reports that “in both cases, they are groups of investors, not a single buyer,” and both groups will have a seat on the board of directors, which gives them input into the decisions impacting the Twins. MLB still needs to approve the new partners, and it remains to be seen what, if anything, this means for the Twins’ operating budget and how they choose to run the team.

McLean is the Mets’ top pitching prospect and the 37th-ranked prospect in baseball, according to MLB Pipeline. The 24-year-old has a 2.45 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, and 127/50 K/BB ratio in 113 2/3 innings between Double-A and Triple-A this season. A former two-way player, McLean has taken off since focusing on pitching. He boasts an upper-90s fastball that can miss bats up in the zone and a sinker that induces lots of groundballs. He also misses bats with an elite sweeper and uses an 89 mph cutter to bridge the gap between that and his fastballs. McLean has a true six-pitch mix and has the fantasy upside to be added in all league types. The only concern is that he has already surpassed his career-high in innings, so it’s unclear how deep the Mets are going to let him go in games or how long he will remain a regular starter in the rotation.

Yastrzemski got the day off on Tuesday with a left-hander on the mound, but returns to the lineup on Wednesday. He’s gone 6-for-31 (.194) in 10 games since coming to the Royals with two home runs and five RBI. He has started pretty much every game against a right-handed pitcher as the leadoff man, and that can give him some deep-league value if the hits start to fall.

Melton last threw 3 1/3 innings of long relief on Friday against the Angels, allowing one run on two hits. It’s unclear if this is just a spot start or if the Tigers will be moving to a six-man rotation, but Melton will at least take the ball on Wednesday in a strong streaming situation.

The move opens up a spot on the active roster for Martin Perez. Booser had a 4.85 ERA in 26 innings for the White Sox this season. He was acquired from Boston this offseason in a trade for RHP prospect Yhoiker Fajardo, who is now the 25th-ranked prospect in Boston’s system after posting a 2.50 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, and 53/18 K/BB ratio in 54 innings as an 18-year-old in Rookie Ball and Single-A.

The White Sox needed a spot on the 40-man roster to activate Martin Perez from the 60-day IL, so they decided to let Shuster go. The left-hander had an 8.04 ERA in 15 2/3 innings for the White Sox out of the bullpen this season.

Pérez has been out since April with a flexor strain, and there was some concern he wouldn’t make it back at all this season, so the White Sox are happy to put him back into the rotation. He threw four innings on Friday for Double-A Birmingham and was up to 58 pitches, so he could push 70 pitches whenever the White Sox decide to give him a start.