Kevin Plawecki making Rangers debut Friday

Texas Rangers catcher Kevin Plawecki is in the starting lineup for Friday's series opener against right-hander Cody Morris and the Cleveland Guardians.

What It Means:

Plawecki was released by the Boston Red Sox on Monday and picked up by the Rangers on Thursday. He will catch for Jon Gray and hit eighth in his Rangers debut. Jonah Heim and Sam Huff are both out of the lineup.

Plawecki has a $2,000 salary on Friday and numberFire’s models project him for 6.6 FanDuel points. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Rangers’ implied total (3.89) is No. 14 in the majors today.