Player Notes

Nelson Cruz homered twice, doubled and knocked in four runs as the Rangers beat the A's 8-7 on Monday.
Advice: Cruz homered off Dan Straily in the fourth and Jesse Chavez in the fifth, giving him 18 bombs for the year. Only Chris Davis (24) and Miguel Cabrera (19) have more in the AL. If Cruz stays healthy, his career high of 33 homers is probably going down.

Tuesday's game between the Dodgers and Yankees has been postponed due to rain.
Advice: It will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on Wednesday. Scheduled starters Hyun-Jin Ryu and Phil Hughes will be pushed back a day.
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Red Sox placed C David Ross on the 7-day disabled list with a concussion.
Advice: Ross is having a recurrence of concussion symptoms that originally started back in mid-May. He should be considered out indefinitely. Ryan Lavarnway has been recalled to provide depth behind the plate.

Edinson Volquez allowed four runs on six hits and a walk over five innings in his start Monday against the Giants.
Advice: Volquez (5-5, 5.84 ERA) struck out six in the no-decision. The right-hander occasionally shows his talent in mixed-league worthy performances, such as his last start against the Braves (one run over seven innings). Far too often, however, he turns in frustrating performances such as Monday's or gets outright shelled. He's a fringy NL-only pitcher.

Dillon Gee was slapped with a loss despite pitching a gem Monday, allowing two runs over 8 1/3 innings to the Braves.
Advice: He struck out six and walked one. Gee was absolutely cruising through eight innings and entered the ninth in Atlanta with a 1-0 lead. He surrendered a leadoff single to Justin Upton and Freddie Freeman ended the game with a 365-foot blast to right field. Gee revealed after his last start that he's dealt with flexor tendonitis all season, but he appeared just fine on Monday. He's 5-7 with a 4.56 ERA.

Orioles designated INF/OF Yamaico Navarro for assignment.
Advice: Navarro was batting .254/.357/.353 in 207 plate appearances and had committed 13 errors in the field this season at Triple-A Norfolk. The 25-year-old utilityman seems likely to make it through waivers.

Aaron Harang was tagged for four runs on 12 hits in five innings by the Angels in a loss Monday.
Advice: He struck out four and didn't walk a batter. Harang actually has an outstanding 56/9 K/BB rate and a solid 1.31 WHIP. That's the good news for Seattle management and AL-only owners still holding out hope he'll turn it around. To the naked eye, however, Harang just doesn't have the stuff to get out major league hitters anymore. It's great to eliminate free passes, but it doesn't do much good if the slop you loft over the plate is obliterated all over the park. Harang (3-7) and his 5.73 ERA aren't to be trusted in any format.

Desmond Jennings will bat second for the first time this season in the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Red Sox.
Advice: Jennings has primarily batted sixth recently, but that spot in the order is now occupied by Wil Myers. The 26-year-old is batting .299/.351/.522 over his last 19 games, so he's worthy of being moved up in the order.
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Tigers manager Jim Leyland reiterated Tuesday that Victor Martinez will not catch unless there's an emergency.
Advice: Leyland has already said it on multiple occasions, but the topic was raised again after Alex Avila (forearm) was placed on the disabled list Monday. "I won't catch Victor unless it's some freak situation," said Leyland. The Tigers will go with Brayan Pena and Bryan Holaday behind the plate for now.
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Mariners activated 1B Justin Smoak from the 15-day disabled list.
Advice: Smoak wound up missing a little under three weeks with a right oblique strain. He did not hit the ball well on his rehab assignment and will return to a .240/.350/.344 batting line. The 26-year-old first baseman remains a poor option in standard mixed fantasy leagues.