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Athletics' Tony Kemp in left field Monday

Oakland Athletics second baseman/left fielder Tony Kemp will start in Monday's series opener against left-hander Rich Hill and the Tampa Bay Rays.

What It Means:

Kemp will start in left field and hit ninth. He is 3-for-20 (.150) this season. Mark Canha will slide to center field while Ramon Laureano plays the designated hitter. Jed Lowrie will man second base and Vimael Machin will sit.

numberFire’s models project Kemp for 8.8 FanDuel points versus the Rays and he has a salary of $2,000 on Monday. Per our MLB Heat Map, Hill has the fifth-lowest strikeout percentage this season (19.4) out of the 22 listed starting pitchers.

Source: Baseball Press

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