Mitch Garver grabbing pitches for Twins versus Red Sox

Minnesota Twins catcher Mitch Garver is in the starting lineup for Monday afternoon's series opener against left-hander Martin Perez and the Boston Red Sox.

What It Means:

Garver will replace Ryan Jeffers at catcher and bat cleanup. He is 4-for-22 (.182) with 9 strikeouts through seven appearances. J.A. Happ will be on the hill Monday afternoon for Minnesota.

numberFire’s models project Garver for 9.9 FanDuel points versus the Red Sox and he has a salary of $2,600 on Monday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Twins have an implied total of 5.1 runs, the second-biggest out of the 28 teams in action Monday.