Jose Altuve (elbow) back for Astros on Friday

Houston Astros infielder Jose Altuve (elbow) is back in the starting lineup on Friday against right-hander Dean Kremer and the Baltimore Orioles.

What It Means:

Altuve sat out Thursday's series opener with an elbow injury, but he will return to second base and leadoff duties a day later. Aledmys Diaz will take a seat and Jeremy Pena will move down a spot to hit second.

Altuve has a $4,000 salary on Friday and numberFire’s models project him for 14.6 FanDuel points. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Astros’ implied total (4.05) is No. 10 in the majors today.