What It Means:

Belt was held out the last two games with a lingering back issue, but he's returning to DH and cleanup duty on Friday. George Springer is starting in right field while Cavan Biggio takes a seat and Whit Merrifield is moving down two spots to bat sixth. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is playing first base again for the Blue Jays.

numberFire’s models project Belt ($3,300) for 13.9 FanDuel points on Friday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Blue Jays have the best implied total on the board (6.82) and the game total is also the highest of the day (12.0) at Coors Field. Flexen is registering a 4.95 SIERA and allowing a 22.1% HR/FB rate this season, with a low 17.0% strikeout rate and high 42.5% hard-hit rate.