Cleveland Guardians catcher Cam Gallagher is not in the lineup for Friday's series opener against right-hander Cristian Javier and the Houston Astros.
Mike Zunino will catch for lefty Logan Allen and hit eighth.
numberFire’s models project Zunino ($2,200) for 5.5 FanDuel points on Friday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Guardians' implied total is 3.98 and the game total is 8.0. Javier has a 2.84 ERA and 4.25 xERA this season, with a 26.4% strikeout rate and 5.9% walk rate.
Source: Baseball Press