What It Means:

Grandal went 2-for-8 with 3 strikeouts in the first two games of the series. Carlos Perez will catch for Michael Kopech and bat eighth on Wednesday afternoon.

numberFire’s models project Perez ($2,000) for 4.9 FanDuel points on Wednesday in a tough matchup. Per our MLB Heat Map, the White Sox's implied total is only 3.96 while the game total is 9.5. Kirby has a 3.23 ERA and 3.79 xERA this season, with a 40.7% hard-hit rate, 22.4% strikeout rate, and elite 2.4% walk rate.