Oakland Athletics outfielder Esteury Ruiz is not in the lineup for Wednesday afternoon's series finale against right-hander George Kirby and the Seattle Mariners.
Ruiz hit safely in both of the first two games of the series, but he will take a seat for the finale. Lawrence Butler will start in center field and hit ninth.
numberFire’s models project Butler ($2,100) for 4.5 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Athletics' 3.19 implied total is the lowest on the board while the game total is 8.0. Kirby has a solid 3.57 ERA and 3.91 xERA in his season MLB season, and his 2.6% walk rate is tied for best in the bigs among qualified pitchers.
Source: MLB.com