Chicago Cubs infielder Nick Madrigal will start on third base and bat ninth in Monday's series opener against right-hander Alex Faedo and the Detroit Tigers.
Madrigal is entering the lineup while Christopher Morel takes a maintenance day. Jeimer Candelario will man first base and Cody Bellinger will move out to center field. Mike Tauchman will slide over to left field and Ian Happ will cover designated hitter.
numberFire’s models project Madrigal ($2,400) for 7.2 FanDuel points on Monday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Cubs' implied total is 4.63 and the game total is 9.0. Faedo has a 5.16 ERA and 4.06 xERA in his second season in the bigs, with a 35.9% hard-hit rate, 22.7% strikeout rate, and 6.1% walk rate.
Source: MLB.com