Blake Swihart

Red Sox's Blake Swihart starting in Thursday's series opener

Boston Red Sox utility player Blake Swihart is starting on Thursday against the Texas Rangers.

What It Means:

Swihart is 3-for-20 (.150) in 12 games this season. He will play designated hitter and bat seventh versus Rangers left-hander Mike Minor in Thursday night's series opener. J.D. Martinez will move to left field while Andrew Benintendi heads to Boston's bench.

numberFire's models project Swihart to score 9.2 FanDuel points at a cost of $2,000 on Thursday.