Taylor Walls batting seventh in Game 1 for Rays
Tampa Bay Rays infielder Taylor Walls will start at shortstop and bat seventh in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series against left-hander Jordan Montgomery and the Texas Rangers.
What It Means:
Curtis Mead will start next to Walls at second base and bat fifth. Junior Caminero will be available off the bench for the first game of the playoffs.
numberFire’s models project Walls ($2,700) for 7.4 and Mead ($2,200) for 6.7 FanDuel points on Tuesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Rays have the second-best implied total today (4.07) and the game total is 7.5. Montgomery posted the lowest strikeout rate this season (21.4%) among Tuesday's listed starters. He also registered a 4.20 xFIP and 40.4% ground-ball rate against right-handed hitters.
Source:
MLB.com
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