Brendan Donovan leading off Tuesday for Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals infielder/outfielder Brendan Donovan is in the leadoff spot versus right-hander Zack Greinke and the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.

What It Means:

Lars Nootbaar is out with a back injury and the Cardinals have selected Donovan to fill in as their leadoff batter. Tommy Edman will cover center field, with Alec Burleson in left and Nootbaar in right.

numberFire’s models project Donovan ($2,700) for 11.3 FanDuel points on Tuesday. Burleson ($2,400) is projected for 7.8 FanDuel points. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Cardinals' implied total is 5.08 and the game total is 9.0. Greinke is someone to target whenever he's on the mound, as the veteran has a 17.4% strikeout rate and 43.8% ground-ball rate this season. He's also giving up 1.57 home runs per nine innings.