Yasmani Grandal sitting Thursday for White Sox

Chicago White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal is not in the lineup for Thursday's series opener against right-hander Kenta Maeda and the Minnesota Twins.

What It Means:

Grandal will sit after back-to-back starts behind the plate. Korey Lee will catch for Jose Urena and hit ninth on Thursday.

numberFire’s models project Lee ($2,100) for 3.7 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the White Sox's implied total is 3.88 and the game total is 9.0. In 18 starts this season, Maeda has registered a respectable 3.83 SIERA and solid 25.8% strikeout rate.

Source: MLB.com