Dustin Pedroia

Red Sox welcome back Dustin Pedroia (knee, ankle) on Thursday

Boston Red Sox Dustin Pedroia (knee, ankle) is back in the Red Sox lineup on Thursday night against the Yankees.

What It Means:

Pedroia has been out since last Friday with a knee injury. He'll start at second base tonight and lead off the order for Boston as they take on right-hander Masahiro Tanaka and the Yankees.

numberFire's models project Pedroia to score 10.1 fantasy points on Thursday. He costs $3,000 on FanDuel.