What It Means:

Gallagher was removed early from Wednesday's game against the Cincinnati Reds. The Guardians called up backstop Zack Collins from Triple-A Columbus to fill in while Gallagher is gone. Bo Naylor will catch for Xzavion Curry and hit eighth in Thursday's series opener against left-hander Tarik Skubal and the Detroit Tigers.

numberFire’s models project Naylor ($2,500) for 6.8 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Guardians' implied total is 4.02 and the game total is 8.5. Skubal has a 4.17 ERA and 2.70 xERA across seven starts and 32 1/3 innings this season, with a 43.7% hard-hit rate, 27.7% strikeout rate, and 4.6% walk rate.