What It Means:

Witt will take a day for some physical and mental rest after he went 0-for-13 and struck out twice in the first three games of the series. Maikel Garcia will cover shortstop on Thursday afternoon while Nicky Lopez will start on the hot corner and bat ninth. Kyle Isbel will fill in as the No. 2 batter while Salvador Perez hits third and MJ Melendez cleans things up for Kansas City.

numberFire’s models project Garcia ($2,900) for 10.3 and Lopez ($2,100) for 6.7 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Royals' implied total is 4.24 and the game total is 9.0. Lorenzen has a 3.75 ERA and 4.23 xERA this season, with a 39.9% hard-hit rate, 19.5% strikeout rate, and 6.7% walk rate.