Willson Contreras riding pine Friday for Cubs
Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras is not in the starting lineup for Friday afternoon's series opener against right-hander Graham Ashcraft and the Cincinnati Reds.
What It Means:
Contreras will grab a seat after going 2-for-12 with a double and four strikeouts in the Cubs' three-game series with the Philadelphia Phillies. Yan Gomes will catch for Adrian Sampson and bat seventh on Friday afternoon.
Gomes has a $5,000 salary on Friday's single-game slate and numberFire’s models project him for 6.0 FanDuel points (second-lowest among batters in the game). Per our MLB Heat Map, the Cubs’ implied total (3.83) is tied for No. 10 in the majors today. Among Friday's projected starters, Ashcraft has the second-lowest strikeout rate this season (15.6%).
Source:
Baseball Press
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