Jordan Diaz on Oakland bench again Friday
Oakland Athletics infielder Jordan Diaz is not in the lineup again on Friday against right-hander Dylan Cease and the Chicago White Sox.
Diaz is absent for a second consecutive game amid a tough stretch at the dish. Jonah Bride is staying on third base Friday and Brent Rooker is serving as Oakland's designated hitter again.
numberFire’s models project Bride ($2,100) for 4.6 and Rooker ($2,900) for 8.7 FanDuel points on Friday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Athletics' implied total is 3.86 and the game total is 9.0. Cease has a 4.50 ERA and 4.15 xERA this season, with a 42.0% hard-hit rate, 26.7% strikeout rate, and 10.3% walk rate.
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