Boston Red Sox outfielder Masataka Yoshida is not in the lineup for Wednesday afternoon's series finale against left-hander Framber Valdez and the Houston Astros.
The Red Sox are holding the left-handed hitting Yoshida out against the Astros' southpaw. Rob Refsnyder is taking over in left field and hitting fifth while Adam Duvall moves into the cleanup role.
numberFire’s models project Refsnyder ($2,300) for 8.5 and Duvall ($3,200) for 10.7 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Red Sox's implied total is 4.71 and the game total is 10.0. Valdez has a 3.40 ERA and 4.19 xERA this season, with a 45.4% hard-hit rate (bottom 9th percentile of MLB), 24.3% strikeout rate, and 6.6% walk rate.
Source: MLB.com