Tampa Bay Rays infielder Isaac Paredes is not in the lineup for Thursday's series opener against right-hander Kyle Gibson and the Baltimore Orioles.
Paredes will take a seat after he went 1-for-7 with a walk and a strikeout in the last two games. Wander Franco will return to shortstop and the two-hole while Taylor Walls will move over to the hot corner in place of Paredes. Luke Raley will start on first base and bat third. Brandon Lowe will start on first base and hit fifth.
numberFire’s models project Franco ($3,800) for 10.2 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Rays' implied total is 4.48 and the game total is 8.0. Gibson has a 4.77 ERA and 4.72 xERA this season, with a 44.1% hard-hit rate, 18.4% strikeout rate, and 7.8% walk rate.
Source: MLB.com