Abraham Almonte moves back to Royals bench on Wednesday

Kansas City Royals outfielder Abraham Almonte is not starting versus the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday.

What It Means:

Almonte went 0-for-3 and drew a walk in Tuesday's extra-innings loss to the Reds. He will be available off the bench Wednesday while Whit Merrifield, Alex Gordon, and Paulo Orlando make up the infield for the Royals.

Almonte is averaging 5.9 FanDuel points per game this season. numberFire's models project him to hit .225 with 2 homers, 3 steals, 18 runs scored, and 12 RBI over the rest of the year.