The Baltimore Orioles placed first baseman Ryan Mountcastle (shoulder) on the 10-day injured list Wednesday.
Mountcastle missed the last week of action with a sore shoulder. Ryan O'Hearn will start on first base again and bat cleanup in Wednesday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Cristian Javier and the Houston Astros. Heston Kjerstad will stay in place as the Orioles' designated hitter.
numberFire’s models project O'Hearn ($3,000) for 10.5 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Orioles' implied total is 4.65 and the game total is 9.0. Javier has a poor 4.74 ERA and identical xERA that rates in the bottom 27th percentile of qualified pitchers this season. The righty also has an underwhelming 22.1% strikeout rate and 8.8% walk rate.
Source: MLB Transactions