Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier is in the starting lineup for Thursday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees.
Kiermaier will bat ninth and start in center field after Brett Phillips received the nod on Wednesday.
numberFire’s models project KK for 8.2 FanDuel points and he has a $2,100 salary on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Rays only have an implied total of 3.0 runs. Cole has the highest strikeout rate (36.9 percent) and lowest walk rate (3.4 percent) among the listed starters on Thursday's slate.
Source: Baseball Press