Houston Astros catcher Cesar Salazar is not in the starting lineup versus right-hander Sonny Gray and the Minnesota Twins in Friday afternoon's series opener.
Martin Maldonado will catch for Jose Urquidy and bat ninth.
numberFire’s models project Maldonado ($2,300) for 7.9 FanDuel points on Friday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Astros' implied total is 3.57 and the game total is 7.5.
Source: Baseball Press