Edmundo Sosa sitting Thursday for St. Louis

St. Louis Cardinals infielder Edmundo Sosa is not in the starting lineup for Thursday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Tony Gonsolin and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

What It Means:

Sosa is taking a seat while Paul DeJong starts at shortstop and hits seventh.

numberFire’s models project DeJong for 8.8 FanDuel points and he has a $2,300 salary on Thursday’s slate. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Cardinals have an implied total of 4.1 runs. Gonsolin is registering a 26.6 strikeout percentage and a 16.5 walk percentage this season, with a 3.61 xERA and a .291 xwOBA.