Dairon Blanco

FPPG: 7.2  |  FanDuel Salary: $2,300
FPPG: 7.2  |  FanDuel Salary: $2,300
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Dairon Blanco on Kansas City bench Monday

Kansas City Royals outfielder Dairon Blanco is not in the lineup for Monday afternoon's series opener against right-hander Cal Quantrill and the Cleveland Guardians.

What It Means:

Blanco will sit after he went 0-for-6 with 2 steals and a strikeout the last two games. Drew Waters will move to right field in place of Blanco while Kyle Isbel starts in center and hits ninth.

numberFire’s models project Waters ($5,500) for 10.4 and Isbel ($5,000) for 7.7 FanDuel points on the single-game slate Monday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Royals' implied total is 4.59 while the game total is a batter-friendly 9.5. Quantrill has a 5.40 ERA and 5.75 xERA (bottom 6th percentile of league) this season, with a 36.5% hard-hit rate (top 67th), 12.1% strikeout rate (one of the worst in the league), and 6.9% walk rate.

Source: MLB.com