Chicago Cubs infielder/outfielder/designated hitter Christopher Morel is not in the lineup on Friday against right-hander Zac Gallen and the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Morel started at DH in Thursday's series opener and went 0-for-3 with a strikeout. Mike Tauchman will take over at DH on Friday afternoon while Cody Bellinger moves out to center field and Jeimer Candelario returns to first base. Nick Madrigal will start on the hot corner and hit eighth.
Tauchman has a $6,000 salary on Friday's single-game slate and numberFire's models project him for 8.9 FanDuel points. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Cubs' implied total is only 3.66 and the game total is a pitcher-friendly 7.5. Gallen rates in the top-10% of the league in walk rate (25.9%), but he's in the bottom-6% in hard-hit rate (45.9%).
Source: MLB.com