After yesterday’s clobbering of the Rays, the Braves are deploying pretty much the same lineup against the Rays on Sunday as they go for the sweep, with a Travis d’Arnaud-in-for-Sean-Murphy swap the only change:
The Rays have moved a bunch of lineup pieces around, but these names should all be familiar to anyone who tuned in to the first two games of this series:
That said, it’s actually kind of a strange alignment, as this will be Richie Palacios’ first start at third base this year; he’s played second base and both corner outfield spots to this point in the season. As far as I can tell, Palacios has never played third base in the majors at all.
Everyone else has appeared at their listed position at least once, but not necessarily all that commonly: this will be Yandy Diaz’ 11th time DHing, Isaac Paredes third game at first, and Josh Lowe’s 15th game in right field.
