Nick Madrigal hitting second Monday for White Sox

Chicago White Sox second baseman Nick Madrigal will bat second in Monday's series opener against left-hander J.A. Happ and the Minnesota Twins.

What It Means:

Madrigal was the No. 9 hitter on Sunday and he managed to go 1-for-4 to end a three-game drought at the plate. Yermin Mercedes will bat cleanup on Monday in place of a resting Jose Abreu and Andrew Vaughn will hit fifth.

numberFire’s models project Vaughn for 10.8 FanDuel points and he has a $2,600 salary on Monday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the White Sox have an implied total of 4.7 runs and the over/under in the game is 9.5 runs. Happ owns the second-lowest strikeout rate this season (14.7 percent) out of the 18 listed pitchers on Monday's slate.