What It Means:

Escobar missed the past two games due to back stiffness. He will man the hot corner while leading off the order against right-hander Jharel Cotton and the Athletics. Luis Valbuena will be available off the bench after filling the void at third base in the past two contests. C.J. Cron is drawing the start at first for the Angels.

numberFire's models project Escobar to score 7.5 FanDuel points at a cost of $3,000 on Friday. His upside may be limited by a poor park factor (0.946) in Oakland.