Cesar Hernandez sitting for Cleveland Thursday afternoon

Cleveland Indians second baseman Cesar Hernandez is not in the starting lineup for Thursday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Jorge Lopez and the Baltimore Orioles.

What It Means:

Hernandez will grab a seat after going 3-for-10 with a triple, 5 runs, and 2 RBI in the first three games of this series. Ernie Clement will start on second base and hit ninth. Bradley Zimmer will cover leadoff duties.

numberFire’s models project Zimmer for 9.1 FanDuel points and he has a $2,700 salary on Thursday. Clement ($2,000) is projected for 7.7 FanDuel points. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Indians have an implied total of 4.9 runs.