Kansas City Royals outfielder Edward Olivares is not in the lineup for Thursday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Shane Bieber and the Cleveland Guardians.
Olivares will sit after going 0-for-4 with 2 strikeouts on Wednesday. Nick Pratto will return to the lineup to play first base and bat leadoff. Matt Duffy will be on third base and bat seventh while Maikel Garcia will man shortstop and hit fifth. Bobby Witt Jr. will replace Olivares at designated hitter and bat second.
numberFire’s models project Pratto ($2,700) for 11.8 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Royals' implied total is 4.08 and the game total is 9.0. Bieber has a 3.69 ERA and 4.96 xERA this season, with a 47.4% hard-hit rate (bottom 8th percentile of MLB), 18.5% strikeout rate, and 6.5% walk rate.
Source: Baseball Press