White Sox's Seby Zavala sitting Thursday
Chicago White Sox catcher Seby Zavala is not in the starting lineup for Thursday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Carlos Hernandez and the Kansas City Royals.
Zavala is out of the lineup for the second time in the last three games after he made consecutive starts on Sunday and Monday. Zack Collins is catching for Carlos Rodon and hitting eighth in Thursday's matinee.
Per numberFire's MLB Heat Map, the White Sox have the highest implied total in the majors on Thursday (5.4 runs). Among qualified pitchers this season, Hernandez's walk rate (15.9 percent) ranks in the bottom three percent and his hard hit rate (46.5 percent) ranks in the bottom seven percent. Collins has a $2,200 salary on Thursday and numberFire's models project him for 10.0 FanDuel points.
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