Oakland Athletics outfielder Matt Joyce is out of the starting lineup for Thursday's road game against the Boston Red Sox.
It's a routine day off for Joyce, and he'll be spelled in left field by Renato Nunez, while Chad Pinder will move up to the two-hole to take Joyce' spot in the batting order.
Joyce has a .346 wOBA through 125 games in 2017, and numberFire's models project him to bat .255 while adding 3 home runs and 8 RBI in 60 plate appearances over the remainder of the season.
Source: Baseball Press