Giants' Austin Slater in the starting lineup on Thursday

San Francisco Giants outfielder Austin Slater is in the starting lineup for Thursday's road game against the Milwaukee Brewers.

What It Means:

Orlando Calixte is out of the lineup today, and slater will take his place in left field and bat eighth against Brewers' righty Paolo Espino.

Slater has only played in three major league games this season, but he has posted a strong .322/.381/.460 slash with a .373 wOBA in 196 Triple-A plate appearances in 2017.