Lucius Fox Fantasy Stats

Washington Nationals infielder Lucius Fox is making his major league debut on Sunday against New York Mets right-hander Carlos Carrasco. Fox is starting at the 6 and is batting eighth in Washington's order. He'll serve as a reserve infielder for the Nationals to begin the season after Ehire Adrianza suffered an injury late in spring training. The 24-year-old has 142 career stolen bases in the minor leagues, so he can offer some speed to those in deep NL-only leagues, but the playing time just won't be there and he won't offer much upside for DFS lineups. Fox hit .242/.347/.363 with four home runs, 21 RBI and 19 stolen bases in 63 games for Triple-A Omaha last season.

The Washington Nationals have claimed infielder Lucius Fox off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles. The Nationals announced the move on Tuesday in a tweet from the team's official Twitter account. Fox has yet to appear at the Major League level but hit .242 with a .347 on-base percentage, four home runs, and 19 stolen bases in 252 plate appearances for Kansas City's Triple-A affiliate last season. A shortstop for most of his career, the 24-year-old also saw time at second base and in center field last season. He'll give the Nationals some extra infield depth. Washington's other infield options on the 40-man roster include Carter Kieboom, Luis Garcia, Josh Bell, Mike Ford, Alcides Escobar, and Yasel Antuna.

The Tampa Bay Rays and Kansas City Royals have agreed to a swap of highly touted prospects, with outfielder Brett Phillips heading to the Rays and infielder Lucius Fox joining the Royals. Phillips has scuffled in parts of three Major League seasons, having slashed .205/.282/.344 across 136 games. Fox, who was ranked as the No. 79 prospect in the league before 2019 by Baseball Prospectus, has yet to receive a big league call-up, having hit just .221 last year between Double-A and Triple-A. Tampa Bay is already jam-packed in the outfield, so its unlikely that Phillips sees enough at-bats right away to merit season-long consideration. The Royals can add Fox to their Pipeline, hoping that the speed that led to 39 steals last year continues to help him move up the ranks.