Tony Kemp starting at second base for Athletics on Thursday

Oakland Athletics utility-man Tony Kemp is batting ninth in Thursday's contest against the Houston Astros.

What It Means:

Kemp will start against Houston right-hander Cristian Javier after Jed Lowrie was left out of Thursday's lineup.

In a lefty versus right matchup, our models project Kemp to score 8.2 FanDuel points at the salary of $2,000.