Drew Waters in Royals' dugout Thursday afternoon

Kansas City Royals outfielder Drew Waters is not in the starting lineup for Thursday afternoon's series finale against left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez and the Detroit Tigers.

What It Means:

Michael Taylor will replace Waters in center field and hit seventh.

Taylor has a $2,000 salary on Thursday and numberFire’s models project him for 8.9 FanDuel points. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Royals’ implied total is 3.55 and the game over/under is 7.5 on Thursday.