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Mon Feb 19 201812:31Alex Presley, Orioles agree to minor league contract
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Alex Presley and the Baltimore Orioles have agreed to a minor league contract, and the outfielder will report to major league spring training.The 32-year-old has a .263 average in eight seasons with Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Houston, Milwaukee and Detroit. He hit .314 with three home runs and 20 RBIs in 71 games for the Tigers in 2017.Presley plays all three outfield positions. He stole five bases without being thrown out last season.Baltimore, which announced the deal Monday, had been in the market for a left-handed hitting outfielder. Presley will compete with Jaycob Brugman, acquired from Oakland last November.___More AP baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball
Mon Feb 19 201811:41Alex Presley, Orioles agree to minor league contract
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Alex Presley and the Baltimore Orioles have agreed to a minor league contract, and the outfielder will report of major league spring training.The 32-year-old has a .263 average in eight seasons with Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Houston, Milwaukee and Detroit. He hit .314 with 3 home runs and 20 RBIs in 71 games for the Tigers in 2017.Presley plays all three outfield positions. He stole five bases without being thrown out last season.Baltimore, which announced the deal Monday, had been in the market for a left-handed hitting outfielder. Presley will compete with Jaycob Brugman, acquired from Oakland last November.___More AP baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball
Mon Oct 2 201701:52LF Alex Presley homered in Sunday's loss to Twins
LF Alex Presley homered in Sunday's loss to the Twins. It was just his third home run of the year. Presley took Twins starter Bartolo Colon deep to right field in the top of the third inning. It came against Presley's former team; he played for Minnesota for part of the 2013 season.
Fri Sep 29 201704:29LF Alex Presley singled in fifth
LF Alex Presley singled in the fifth. He has hit safely in 22 of his past 25 games. Presley is hitting .356 in that stretch. He is hitting .378 in 40 games against AL Central opponents this year.
Thu Sep 21 201705:26LF Alex Presley moved to leadoff spot Wednesday after four-hit g...
LF Alex Presley was moved to the leadoff spot Wednesday after his four-hit game Tuesday. Presley had one hit in five at-bats and made the final out with a runner in scoring position. He has hit safely in 17 of his last 19 games. He has a .319 average in 63 games as one of the team's few bright spots.
Wed Sep 20 201705:12LF Alex Presley had four hits on Tuesday, lifting season average...
LF Alex Presley had four hits on Tuesday, lifting his season average to .322. He came up a triple shy of a cycle. The homer was his second of the season, with the first coming on June 3 against the Chicago White Sox. Presley has hit safely in 16 of his last 18 games. The 32-year-old Presley has been quite effective as a platoon player but his status beyond this season remains uncertain on the rebuilding club.
Wed Sep 13 201705:10OF Alex Presley, with runner at second and no outs in first inni...
OF Alex Presley, with a runner at second and no outs in the first inning, laid down a sacrifice bunt. The decision was his own, not manager Brad Ausmus'. "He (Presley) is one of our guys who hits (Corey) Kluber," Ausmus said. "I prefer him to swing the bat there, but he bunted on his own." Presley, who has a career average of .438 against Kluber, was successful on the sacrifice bunt, moving the runner to third. But Kluber struck out the next two hitters to end the inning.
Sun Sep 3 201706:26RF Alex Presley had four singles Saturday, first four-hit game o...
RF Alex Presley had four singles Saturday, the first four-hit game of his career. Presley doesn't have a 'wow' arm in right but he tracks balls well and catches what he's supposed to. He is a tough out and thus a good player to have on the bench, although the left-handed batter is playing fairly regularly at this time.
Mon Aug 14 201702:24RF Alex Presley pesky
RF Alex Presley is pesky. Presley doesn't have home run power but can drive a ball into the gap, like he did Sunday for a sixth-inning double. Presley added singles his next two times up. He has had four hits in two games since coming off the disabled list. Presley profiles as a solid fourth outfielder for next season's Detroit team.
Sun Aug 13 201703:34OF Alex Presley recalled from rehab assignment with Triple-A Tol...
OF Alex Presley was recalled from a rehab assignment with Triple-A Toledo prior to Saturday's game against Minnesota and inserted into the starting lineup in right field. Presley, who had a sore lower right side, had been on the disabled list since July 27. He's not a big run producer but Presley does give the Tigers energy in right and on the bases and is a solid hitter who gives the team good at-bats. His single in the fourth sent C James McCann to third so he could score when SS Jose Iglesias hit into a forceout.
Thu Aug 10 201703:32RF Alex Presley began rehab assignment with Triple-A Toledo on W...
RF Alex Presley began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Toledo on Wednesday. He had two hits in four at-bats with a run while serving as the designated hitter. He is on the 10-day disabled list due to a mild strain of his lower right oblique muscle. Jim Adduci has received the bulk of the starts in right during Presley's absence. Presley is batting .313 in 34 games with Detroit.
Sat Aug 5 201705:14OF Alex Presley coming closer to resuming baseball activities
OF Alex Presley is coming closer to resuming baseball activities. He was placed on the 10-day disabled list (strained right oblique) on July 30, and manager Brad Ausmus said that Presley told him a few days ago that he was feeling good.
Sun Jul 30 201703:38OF Alex Presley placed on 10-day disabled list Saturday retroact...
OF Alex Presley was placed on the 10-day disabled list Saturday retroactive to July 26, with a lower right side strain. "It wasn't getting any better," Presley said of an injury that first became noticeable at Minnesota but cropped up before that. "The hits I was getting were on low-velocity pitches. I wouldn't play and it would feel better. But then after I played, it would be worse." "We were trying to avoid playing him Friday because we had a feeling it was going to be a DL," manager Brad Ausmus said. "If we had the lead going into the ninth we probably would have put him in right and moved (RF Andrew) Romine to third." Detroit is going with an extra reliever now, leaving it with a three-man bench that includes a catcher. "With three guys on the bench, you don't have that option (of waiting it out)," Ausmus said.
Tue Jul 25 201704:36RF Alex Presley's 10-game hitting streak came to end on Monday
RF Alex Presley's 10-game hitting streak came to an end on Monday. He was 0-for-4 with a walk and a sacrifice bunt. Presley, who hit .459 with seven runs scored during the streak, batted in the No. 2 spot in the order. "He's swinging the bat well," manager Brad Ausmus said. The longest streak of his career is 12 games, which he established in April 2012 with Pittsburgh.
Sun Jul 23 201704:16OF Alex Presley started in right field Saturday, J.D
OF Alex Presley started in right field Saturday, J.D. Martinez's old position before he was traded last week to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Presley had three hits and drove in Detroit's first run of the game with a ground-rule double. Pressley recorded his fifth multi-hit game of the season to extend his hitting streak to a season-long nine games. He's hitting .452 during the streak.
Mon Jul 10 201701:48OF Alex Presley's bases-loaded, two-run double in sixth inning g...
OF Alex Presley's bases-loaded, two-run double in the sixth inning gave the Tigers a 3-1 lead at Cleveland on Sunday. "That was the biggest hit of the game for us. That was the turning point," manager Brad Ausmus said. Presley is 4-for-7 over his past three games.
Fri Jul 7 201703:48CF Alex Presley made first start Thursday since he activated fro...
CF Alex Presley made his first start Thursday since he was activated from the seven-day concussion list earlier in the week. He was productive, rapping two RBI singles and also drawing a walk. Presley, who also stole a base, is batting .269 in 19 games with the Tigers. Mikie Mahtook played regularly in centerfield during Presley's absence but Presley will continue to get starts against certain right-handers.
Thu Jul 6 201704:52OF Alex Presley activated off concussion list Wednesday and rest...
OF Alex Presley was activated off the concussion list Wednesday and restored to the Tigers' roster, though he did not play. Presley missed more than a week after slamming into the outfield wall making a catch June 22. He has a .245 average in 18 games. Presley is capable of playing all three outfield positions but has mostly been used in center field.
Wed Jul 5 201705:39OF Alex Presley cleared out of concussion protocol to return to ...
OF Alex Presley has been cleared out of the concussion protocol to return to baseball activity. He has been out since June 23 when he slammed into the wall making a catch. "It won't be today (Tuesday)," manager Brad Ausmus said when asked if Presley would be returned to the roster once he was cleared. That could mean the Tigers are mulling whether to send him back to Toledo or activate him and cut OF Matt den Dekker, brought up when Presley was concussed.
Mon Jul 3 201702:37OF Alex Presley placed on 10-day disabled list retroactive to Ju...
OF Alex Presley was placed on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to June 23 with a concussion. He was hitting .249 (12-for-49) with a homer and five RBIs in 18 games.
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