What It Means:

Gonzales was called up in late June and saw regular playing time, but he is heading back down after the Pirates made some moves at the deadline. Liover Peguero will replace Gonzales on second base and bat eighth in Thursday's series opener against right-hander Adrian Houser and the Milwaukee Brewers. Alfonso Rivas, who the Pirates acquired at the deadline, will start on first base and bat leadoff in his Pirates debut.

numberFire’s models project Peguero ($2,600) for 6.8 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Pirates' implied total is 4.05 and the game total is 8.5. Houser has a 4.43 ERA and 4.53 xERA this season, with a 43.7% hard-hit rate, 17.4% strikeout rate, and 7.7% walk rate.