Los Angeles Angels infielder Eduardo Escobar is not in the lineup for Monday's series opener against right-hander Max Scherzer and the Texas Rangers.
Andrew Velazquez will start at shortstop and hit ninth while Luis Rengifo moves to third base in place of Escobar and bats fifth. Mike Moustakas will make another start on first base in place of C.J. Cron (back).
numberFire’s models project Rengifo ($2,700) for 9.7 FanDuel points on Monday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Angels' implied total is 3.70 and the game total is 8.5. Scherzer has a 3.88 ERA and 3.49 xERA this season, with a 37.2% hard-hit rate, 27.4% strikeout rate, and 6.9% walk rate.
Source: MLB.com