Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Jake Cave is not in the lineup for Friday's series opener against right-hander Jordan Lyles and the Kansas City Royals.
Johan Rojas will start in center field and hit ninth while Brandon Marsh moves to left field in place of Cave. Nick Castellanos will maintain his normal roles in right field and the cleanup spot.
numberFire’s models project Rojas ($2,600) for 6.8 FanDuel points on Friday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Phillies' implied total is third-highest of the day at 5.64 and the game total is 9.5. Lyles has a 6.15 ERA and 5.00 xERA this season, with a 34.8% hard-hit rate, 16.7% strikeout rate, and 7.1% walk rate.
Source: MLB.com