What It Means:

The left-handed hitting Frazier will sit versus the Blue Jays' southpaw. Joey Ortiz will replace Frazier on second base and bat eighth. Ryan O'Hearn and Joey Lester, who both hit lefty, are also moving to the bench Thursday afternoon. Anthony Santander will cover right field and Ramon Urias will be on first base. Jorge Mateo will start at shortstop and bat seventh. Gunnar Henderson will be on third base and bat cleanup. James McCann will catch and hit sixth while Adley Rutschman will be the Orioles' designated hitter. Ryan McKenna will replace Aaron Hicks in center field and hit ninth. Austin Hays will be Baltimore's leadoff man.

numberFire’s models project Ortiz ($2,000) for 6.9 and McCann ($2,200) for 7.7 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Orioles' implied total is 4.54 and the game total is 9.0. Kikuchi has a 4.34 ERA and 5.28 xERA this season, with a 46.4% hard-hit rate, 22.7% strikeout rate, and 7.4% walk rate.