Matthew Joyce

Matt Joyce is absent from the A's Tuesday lineup

Oakland Athletics outfielder Matt Joyce is not in the lineup on Tuesday versus the Tampa Bay Rays.

What It Means:

Joyce sits out versus southpaw Blake Snell as the A's start Jed Lowrie at DH and Frankon Barreto at second on Tuesday.

numberFire's algorithms project Joyce for a .238 average with 16 homers and 45 RBI in 349 plate appearances the rest of the year.