Nate Eaton on Kansas City bench Thursday

Kansas City Royals outfielder Nate Eaton is not in the lineup versus right-hander Mike Clevinger and the Chicago White Sox in Thursday afternoon's series finale.

What It Means:

Eaton will sit after back-to-back starts. Jackie Bradley will return to center field in place of Eaton and hit ninth.

numberFire’s models project Bradley ($2,300) for 6.3 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Royals' implied total is 4.57 while the game total is 9.0. Clevinger has a 4.84 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 20.6% strikeout rate, and 10.0% walk rate through 35 1/3 innings and seven starts this season.