Yasmani Grandal grabbing seat Thursday afternoon for White Sox

Chicago White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal is not in the starting lineup for Thursday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Carlos Hernandez and the Kansas City Royals.

What It Means:

Grandal started the previous four games. Reese McGuire is replacing Grandal at catcher and hitting eighth.

numberFire’s models project McGuire for 7.2 FanDuel points on Thursday, and he has a $2,000 salary. Per our MLB Heat Map, the White Sox have the highest implied total (4.97) out of 16 active clubs on Thursday.