Houston Astros outfielder Chas McCormick is not in the lineup for Thursday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Brady Singer and the Kansas City Royals.
McCormick will move to the bench on Thursday after going 2-for-8 with 2 strikeouts in the first two games of the series. Yordan Alvarez, Mauricio Dubon, and Kyle Tucker will start across the outfield for the Astros. Yainer Diaz will serve as the designated hitter and Victor Caratini will start at catcher.
numberFire's models project Diaz for 10.8 FanDuel points on Thursday afternoon.
Source: MLB.com