Alejandro Kirk absent Tuesday for Toronto
Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk is not in the lineup versus right-hander Domingo German and the New York Yankees on Tuesday.
What It Means:
Kirk will move back to the bench after going 0-for-3 in Monday's series opener. Danny Jansen will catch for Kevin Gausman and bat seventh on Tuesday.
Jansen is averaging 8.2 FanDuel points per game this season. Per numberFire's MLB Heat Map, the Blue Jays' implied total is 4.78 and the game total is 8.5. German has a 4.00 ERA and 0.96 WHIP this season, with a 26.3% strikeout rate, 15.3% swinging-strike rate, 30.9% called plus swinging-strike rate, and 8.4% walk rate.
Source:
Baseball Press
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