Oneil Cruz Returns To Starting Lineup
6 months agoPittsburgh Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz (ankle) has returned to the starting lineup and will bat third on Sunday as the Pirates finish a three-game set in Colorado. The 25-year-old missed the first two games of the series with a left ankle injury but will look to lead the Pirates to a series victory on Sunday. Before the injury, Cruz was swinging a hot bat with a .308/.345/.577 slash line and two home runs. Overall, the season, the young shortstop holds a .248/.300/.432 line with nine long balls and five swiped bags. While Cruz hits the ball extremely hard, with an 18.4% barrel rate and 52.6% hard-hit rate, he holds a high 32.8% K rate, which hinders his fantasy value. Nonetheless, he will be a popular play this afternoon in DFS as he will face right-hander Dakota Hudson, who enters Sunday with a 4.87 ERA at the hitter-friendly Coors Field.
Source: MLB.com
Source: MLB.com