Dom Nunez sitting for Colorado Thursday afternoon

Colorado Rockies catcher Dom Nunez is not in the starting lineup for Thursday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Ian Anderson and the Atlanta Braves.

What It Means:

Elias Diaz is returning to the lineup to start at catcher over Nunez and hit fifth.

numberFire’s models project Diaz for 11.1 FanDuel points and he has a $3,200 salary on Thursday’s slate. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Rockies have an implied total of 3.5 runs. Anderson is registering a 23.0 strikeout percentage and a 10.1 walk percentage this season, with a 4.38 xERA and a .318 xwOBA.