Matt Beaty on Royals bench Tuesday

Kansas City Royals infielder Matt Beaty is not in the lineup on Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

What It Means:

Beaty started five straight games and he went hitless over the last three. Salvador Perez is moving to first base on Tuesday while Freddy Fermin makes a start at catcher and bats seventh.

numberFire’s models project Perez ($2,500) for 9.3 and Fermin ($2,400) for 8.3 FanDuel points on Tuesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Royals' implied total is 4.62 and the game total is 8.5. Luis Ortiz is expected to work as the Pirates' primary pitcher on Tuesday. He has been horrendous this season, with a 7.68 xERA, 50.0% hard-hit rate, and 14.5% strikeout rate.

Source: MLB.com