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Jacob Stallings starting for Pirates versus Reds

Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Jacob Stallings will start in Thursday's series opener against right-hander Anthony DeSclafani and the Cincinnati Reds.

What It Means:

Stallings will replace Michael Perez at catcher and hit cleanup after being held out of the previous lineup. Gregory Polanco will hit fifth and Erik Gonzalez will hit sixth.

numberFire’s models project Stallings for 9.2 FanDuel points and he has a $2,700 salary on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Pirates have the fourth-lowest total (3.7 runs) out of all the teams playing Thursday.