Roberto Perez riding pine Monday for Cleveland

Cleveland Indians catcher Roberto Perez is not in the starting lineup for Monday afternoon's series opener against left-hander Robbie Ray and the Toronto Blue Jays.

What It Means:

Austin Hedges is catching for Eli Morgan and hitting eighth. Perez should be available off the bench.

numberFire’s models project Hedges for 6.8 FanDuel points and he has a $5,000 salary on Monday afternoon's one-game slate. Ray's strikeout rate this season (31.3 percent) is in the 88th percentile among qualified starters.