Tampa Bay Rays catcher Francisco Mejia is not in the starting lineup for Thursday's series opener against left-hander Nestor Cortes and the New York Yankees.
Mike Zunino is replacing Mejia at catcher and hitting seventh.
numberFire’s models project Zunino for 10.5 FanDuel points on Thursday, and he has a $2,100 salary. Zunino is currently numberFire's second-best point-per-dollar value among projected hitters. Per our MLB Heat Map, Cortes has the third-best strikeout rate (32.4%) out of Thursday's 22 listed starters.
Source: Baseball Press