What It Means:

Aaron Judge will start at designated hitter in the first game while Everson Pereira covers left field and Oswaldo Cabrera handles the other outfield corner. Austin Wells will move into the cleanup role for the Yankees. Stanton will likely be back in the lineup for Game 2 on Thursday.

numberFire’s models project Judge ($4,100) for 13.7 and Pereira ($2,100) for 8.5 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Yankees' implied total is 4.41 and the game total is 9.0. Houck has a 5.28 ERA and 4.26 xERA this season, so he has likely suffered from some unfortunate luck. However, he doesn't record many strikeouts (21.2%) and has a hard-hit rate in the bottom 16th percentile of the league.