Brad Miller on Tampa Bay's bench against Yankees

Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Brad Miller is not starting on Monday against the New York Yankees.

What It Means:

Miller will head to the bench for the second time in three games due to a left-hander being on the opposing mound. Danny Espinosa will man second and bat eighth versus southpaw CC Sabathia and the Yankees.

In 97 games this season, Miller has gone just 58-for-298 (.195) with 7 home runs and 99 strikeouts (27.3 percent). numberFire's models project him to record a .233 batting average in 50 plate appearances over the remainder of the year.