Marwin Gonzalez manning left for Boston in Friday matinee

Boston Red Sox infielder/outfielder Marwin Gonzalez will start in left field and hit seventh on Friday afternoon versus left-hander John Means and the Baltimore Orioles.

What It Means:

Gonzalez is expected to start in left field against southpaws and Franchy Cordero is expected to handle things when righties are on the opposing mound. Here is the Red Sox's full lineup for Friday's makeup opener: Enrique Hernandez 2B, Alex Verdugo CF, J.D. Martinez DH, Xander Bogaerts SS, Rafael Devers 3B, Hunter Renfroe RF, Gonzalez LF, Christian Vazquez C, Bobby Dalbec 1B. Nathan Eovaldi will be the starting pitcher.

The Red Sox have the second-highest implied total (5.3 runs) out of the 14 teams playing Friday, per numberFire's MLB Heat Map. Our models project Gonzalez to score 9.1 FanDuel points versus Baltimore and he has a salary of $2,500 on Friday.