Colorado Rockies outfielder Sean Bouchard is not in the lineup for Friday afternoon's series opener against right-hander Jameson Taillon and the Chicago Cubs.
Bouchard started in right field last game and went 0-for-3 with 2 strikeouts. Charlie Blackmon will move to right field Friday and Elehuris Montero will start at designated hitter and bat eighth.
numberFire’s models project Blackmon ($7,500) for 9.4 and Montero ($6,000) for 7.6 FanDuel points on the single-game slate Friday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Rockies' implied total is 3.78 and the game total is 9.0. Taillon has a poor 5.27 ERA and 5.11 xERA this season, with a 39.2% hard-hit rate, 21.5% strikeout rate (bottom 36th percentile of league), and 5.9% walk rate (top 84th).
Source: MLB.com