Houston Astros infielder Jose Abreu is in the lineup versus right-hander Alek Manoah and the Toronto Blue Jays in Monday's series opener.
Abreu will return to the lineup to play first base and bat sixth. Yainer Diaz will shift to catcher in place of a resting Martin Maldonado.
Per numberFire's MLB Heat Map, the Astros' implied total is 4.96 and the game total is the highest of the day at 10.0. Manoah has a 5.86 SIERA through 12 starts while allowing 1.56 home runs per nine innings. His 17.6% strikeout rate, 15.0% walk rate, 5.99 xFIP, 8.9% barrel rate, 8.5% swinging-strike rate, and 24.5% called plus swinging-strike rate (CSW%) are all the worst of his career.
Source: Baseball Press