Carson Kelly sitting for Diamondbacks' Thursday matinee
Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Carson Kelly is not in the starting lineup for Thursday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Zack Wheeler and the Philadelphia Phillies.
Bryan Holaday is starting at catcher in place of Kelly and hitting eighth.
numberFire’s models project Holaday for 4.6 FanDuel points and he has a $2,000 salary on Thursday slate. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Diamondbacks have an implied total of 3.4 runs. Wheeler is registering a 29.3 strikeout percentage and a 5.5 walk percentage this season, with a 2.72 xERA and a .255 xwOBA, the latter two of which both rank in the top 7% of the league.
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