Rays demote Rene Pinto to Durham
The Tampa Bay Rays optioned catcher Rene Pinto to Triple-A Durham on Monday.
Pinto became unnecessary once the Rays acquired catcher Christian Bethancourt from the Oakland Athletics over the weekend. Mike Zunino (shoulder) is still on the shelf, so Bethancourt and Francisco Mejia will presumably split work behind the plate for the time being. Mejia is catching for Matt Wisler and hitting sixth in Monday's series opener against right-hander Bryan Bello and the Boston Red Sox.
numberFire’s models project Mejia for 9.0 FanDuel points on Monday, and he has a $2,200 salary. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Rays’ implied total (3.94) is ninth out of the 14 available teams on the main slate.
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