Chicago Cubs outfielder Mike Tauchman will start in center field and hit third in Friday afternoon's series opener against right-hander Hunter Greene and the Cincinnati Reds.
Tauchman will move up in the order after he hit fifth and sixth the last four games. Ian Happ will be the Cubs' cleanup batter.
Tauchman has a $4,000 salary on the single-game slate and numberFire's models project him for 8.5 FanDuel points. Happ ($8,000) is projected for 11.0 FanDuel points. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Cubs have the fourth-lowest implied total in the majors on Friday at 3.58. The game total is also the lowest on the board at 6.5.
Source: Baseball Press