What It Means:

The left-handed hitting Nootbaar is taking a seat against a southpaw. Tyler O'Neill is replacing Nootbaar in left field and hitting second while Tommy Edman takes over as the Cardinals' leadoff batter.

numberFire’s models project O'Neill ($2,800) for 11.1 and Edman ($2,900) for 10.9 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Cardinals' implied total is only 3.82 while the game total is 10.5. Fried has been elite this year with a 2.52 ERA and 2.58 xERA, 25.8% strikeout rate, 31.1% hard-hit rate, and 5.3% walk rate.