St. Louis Cardinals infielder/outfielder Juan Yepez is not in the lineup versus left-hander Martin Perez and the Texas Rangers in Monday's series opener.
Oscar Mercado will enter the lineup to play left field and hit ninth. Jordan Walker will shift to the other outfield corner while Yepez sits.
Per numberFire's MLB Heat Map, the Cardinals' implied total is 4.49 and the game total is 9.5. Perez has a 4.91 xFIP, 15.7% strikeout rate, and 41.5% ground-ball rate versus righties this year. He has a 16.7% strikeout rate overall and is yielding 1.48 dingers per nine frames.
Source: Baseball Press