Kansas City Royals infielder Matt Duffy is not in the lineup for Monday's series opener against right-hander Brayan Bello and the Boston Red Sox.
Duffy started the last two games and went 1-for-6 with a walk and a strikeout. Maikel Garcia will be back on third base Monday while Bobby Witt will return to shortstop and hit second. Michael Massey will bat third and MJ Melendez will clean things up for Kansas City.
numberFire’s models project Garcia ($3,200) for 10.5 and Witt ($3,800) for 12.8 FanDuel points on Monday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Royals' implied total is 4.08 and the game total is 9.5. Bello has a 3.79 ERA and 4.14 xERA this season, with a 43.7% hard-hit rate, 20.6% strikeout rate, and 6.5% walk rate.
Source: MLB.com