Yonder Alonso sitting for Indians on Monday
Cleveland Indians first baseman Yonder Alonso is not in Monday's lineup against the Detroit Tigers.
Edwin Encarnacion will draw the start at first base and bat cleanup versus Tigers left-hander Francisco Liriano while Alonso grabs a seat on the bench. Jason Kipnis will play designated hitter and Erik Gonzalez will cover second base for Cleveland.
Alonso is averaging 9.4 FanDuel points per game this season. numberFire's models project him to bat .262 with 16 homers, 59 RBI, and 57 runs scored in 491 plate appearances over the remainder of the season.
- Twins' Royce Lewis suffers quad injury on Opening Day March 28th, 2024
- Cubs' Justin Steele exits Opening Day with hamstring injury March 28th, 2024
- Ezequiel Tovar hitting seventh for Rockies Thursday March 28th, 2024
- Rockies' Nolan Jones (knee) hitting third on Opening Day March 28th, 2024
- Guardians' Josh Naylor batting fourth on Opening Day March 28th, 2024
- Ryan Noda leading off for Oakland on Opening Day March 28th, 2024
- Jackson Merrill secures Padres center field job March 18th, 2024
- Padres finalizing trade for Dylan Cease March 13th, 2024
- Manny Machado (elbow) could open season as Padres' designated hitter February 18th, 2024
- Padres' Xander Bogaerts expected to play 2B in 2024 February 16th, 2024
- Ji Man Choi sitting Sunday for San Diego October 1st, 2023
- Ji Man Choi starting Saturday for San Diego September 30th, 2023