What It Means:

Hernandez is heading to the bench for the third time in five games. Max Muncy is moving to the hot corner on Thursday while Michael Busch serves as the designated hitter and bats eighth.

numberFire’s models project Muncy ($3,800) for 9.6 and Busch ($2,500) for 6.2 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Dodgers' implied total is a deflated 3.98 and the game total is 8.5. Strider is having an elite season, evidenced by a 2.97 xERA, 34.3% hard-hit rate, and 38.1% strikeout rate.