Brandon Moss

Royals remove Brandon Moss from lineup versus Detroit

Kansas City Royals designated hitter Brandon Moss is not in the starting lineup against the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night.

What It Means:

Moss will take a seat as Jorge Soler enters the lineup to serve as the Royals' designated hitter and bat seventh versus Tigers southpaw Derek Norris. Over the past month (19 games), Moss has gone just 7-for-51 (.137) with 19 strikeouts (32.8 percent).

numberFire's models have Moss pegged for a .219 batting average with 10 home runs and 28 RBI in 213 plate appearances over the remainder of the season.