Twins' Jermaine Palacios joining bench Thursday

Minnesota Twins infielder Jermaine Palacios is not in the starting lineup for Thursday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Jonathan Heasley and the Kansas City Royals.

What It Means:

Nick Gordon will move to second base in place of Palacios and hit third. Jake Cave will enter the lineup to play left field and hit eighth.

Gordon is numberFire's second-best point-per-dollar value among hitters on Thursday. He has a $2,200 salary and our models project him for 14.0 FanDuel points. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Twins’ implied total (4.15) is No. 6 in the majors today.