3 years agoChicago White Sox second baseman Cesar Hernandez isn't in the starting lineup for the first game of the American League Division Series. The White Sox will match up with Houston Astros right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. but will do so with Hernandez on the bench. Hernandez hit .232 with a .309 on-base percentage, three home runs, and a stolen base in 217 regular-season plate appearances for Chicago after being acquired at the trade deadline. It'll be Leury Garcia starting at second instead and batting ninth on Thursday. Garcia doesn't have a hit in seven career plate appearances against McCullers Jr., but he is batting .337 with a .371 on-base percentage in 108 plate appearances since the beginning of September.--Ben Rosener - RotoBaller
Source: Chicago White Sox