Dom Nunez heads to Colorado's bench on Friday

Colorado Rockies catcher Dom Nunez is not starting in Friday's series opener against the San Diego Padres.

What It Means:

Nunez is being replaced by Drew Butera who is catching right-hander Jeff Hoffman and hitting eighth against Padres left-hander Joey Lucchesi.

In 31 at-bats this season, Nunez is hitting .194 with 1 home run and 3 RBI.