Matt Beaty moving to Kansas City bench Thursday
Kansas City Royals utility player Matt Beaty is not in the lineup for Thursday afternoon's series finale against right-hander George Kirby and the Seattle Mariners.
Beaty started and went 3-for-6 with a run scored in the first three games of the series. Matt Duffy will replace Beaty on first base in Thursday's matinee and bat eighth.
numberFire’s models project Duffy ($2,100) for 5.8 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Royals have the lowest implied total of the day at 3.72. Kirby has a 3.11 ERA and 3.65 xERA this season, with a 40.0% hard-hit rate, 23.0% strikeout rate, and 2.5% walk rate.
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