New York Yankees outfielder Jake Bauers will bat leadoff on Tuesday against right-hander Zach Eflin and the Tampa Bay Rays.
Bauers started in left field and hit sixth in Monday's series opener and went 1-for-3 with a home run and 2 strikeouts. He will move to the other outfield corner Tuesday and take over leadoff duty while Gleyber Torres moves down two spots and bats third. Anthony Rizzo will be the Yankees' cleanup hitter.
numberFire’s models project Bauers ($2,600) for 9.5 and Torres ($2,800) for 9.7 FanDuel points on Tuesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Yankees' implied total is 3.94 and the game total is 8.0. Eflin has a 3.64 ERA and 3.12 xERA (top 87th percentile of MLB) this season, with a 37.2% hard-hit rate, 25.2% strikeout rate, and 3.7% walk rate (top 98th).
Source: MLB.com