Corey Julks sitting Monday for Houston

Houston Astros outfielder Corey Julks is not in the lineup on Monday against right-hander Jon Gray and the Texas Rangers.

What It Means:

Julks started the last six games for Houston and went a woeful 1-for-21 with 3 walks and 5 strikeouts. Jake Meyers will join Chas McCormick and Kyle Tucker in the Astros' outfield on Monday. He will hit eighth and McCormick will hit fifth while Tucker will remain in the three-hole.

numberFire’s models project Tucker ($4,000) for 13.4 FanDuel points on Monday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Astros' implied total is 4.18 and the game total is 8.5. Gray has a 3.31 ERA and 4.43 xERA this season, with a 36.1% hard-hit rate, 19.8% strikeout rate, and 8.1% walk rate.

Source: MLB.com