Stephen Vogt sitting Thursday for Atlanta versus southpaw
Atlanta Braves catcher Stephen Vogt is not in the starting lineup for Thursday's series finale against left-hander Wade LeBlanc and the St. Louis Cardinals.
What It Means:
The Braves are facing a left-hander for the fourth straight game and Vogt has only made one start in that span. Kevan Smith is catching for Touki Toussaint on Thursday and hitting eighth.
numberFire’s models project Smith for 5.9 FanDuel points and he has a $2,100 salary on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Braves have an implied total of 4.6 runs. LeBlanc's strikeout rate this season (14.4 percent) ranks in the bottom three percent of the league and his xBA (.284) ranks in the bottom seventh percentile.
Source:
Baseball Press
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