Los Angeles Angels catcher Matt Thaiss is back in the lineup against right-hander Cristian Javier and the Houston Astros in Wednesday afternoon's series finale.
Thaiss will catch for Griffin Canning and hit seventh after being held out of Tuesday's lineup for rest. Chris Okey started in place of Thaiss and went 0-for-2 with 2 strikeouts.
numberFire’s models project Thaiss ($2,500) for 7.0 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Angels' implied total is 4.57 and the game total is 9.5. Javier has a 26.1% strikeout rate with a 5.5% walk rate this season.
Source: Baseball Press