Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk is not in the lineup for Thursday's series finale against right-hander Kyle Gibson and the Baltimore Orioles.
Kirk is sitting for the second time this series after he went 0-for-2 on Tuesday and 2-for-18 over his last five games. Danny Jansen will catch for Jose Berrios and bat eighth on Thursday.
numberFire’s models project Jansen ($2,800) for 8.3 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Blue Jays' implied total is 4.50 and the game total is 9.0. Gibson has a substandard 4.97 ERA and 4.54 xERA this season, with an elevated 43.8% hard-hit rate, low 19.8% strikeout rate, and mediocre 7.0% walk rate.
Source: MLB.com