Twins starting Andrelton Simmons at shortstop on Thursday

Minnesota Twins shortstop Andrelton Simmons is batting ninth in Thursday's lineup against the Detroit Tigers.

What It Means:

Simmons will handle the shortstop position after Nick Gordon was rested in Minnesota.

In a righty versus lefty matchup against Tarik Skubal, our models project Simmons to score 6.3 FanDuel points at the salary of $2,000.