Indians' Francisco Lindor is leading off versus the Rays Thursday

Cleveland Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor is batting leadoff versus the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday.

What It Means:

The Rays are starting southpaw Blake Snell in the series-opener, prompting the Indians to drop lefty Jason Kipnis to second while bumping up Lindor.

Lindor has crushed lefties this season to the tune of a .323 batting average and .916 OPS in 174 plate appearances. Our models see the trend continuing with Lindor collecting 12.3 FanDuel points while costing $3,600 on Thursday.