Chicago Cubs outfielder Ian Happ will start in left field and hit third in Tuesday's series opener against left-hander Ranger Suarez and the Philadelphia Phillies.
Happ will hit higher than the cleanup spot for the first time since June 8. Christopher Morel will be the Cubs' cleanup batter Tuesday and Dansby Swanson will hit fifth.
numberFire’s models project Happ ($3,200) for 10.0 and Morel ($3,500) for 11.3 FanDuel points on Tuesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Cubs' implied total is 4.03 and the game total is 8.5. Suarez has a 3.50 ERA and 4.33 xERA this season, with a 40.2% hard-hit rate, 23.0% strikeout rate, and 7.7% walk rate.
Source: Baseball Press