Rays' Junior Caminero sitting Tuesday in playoff opener
Tampa Bay Rays infielder Junior Caminero is not in the lineup for Game 1 of the Wild Card Series against left-hander Jordan Montgomery and the Texas Rangers.
Caminero earned a spot on the postseason roster after a seven-game audition to finish the regular season. He will be available off the bench in Game 1 while Taylor Walls starts at shortstop and Curtis Mead mans the keystone for Tampa Bay.
numberFire’s models project Walls ($2,700) for 7.4 and Mead ($2,200) for 6.7 FanDuel points on Tuesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Rays have the second-best implied total today (4.07) and the game total is 7.5. Montgomery posted the lowest strikeout rate this season (21.4%) among Tuesday's listed starters. He also registered a 4.20 xFIP and 40.4% ground-ball rate against right-handed hitters.
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