Tucker Barnhart sitting Friday for Cubs
Chicago Cubs catcher Tucker Barnhart is not in the lineup for Friday afternoon's series opener against left-hander Cole Ragans and the Kansas City Royals.
What It Means:
Barnhart made a rare start in Thursday afternoon's series finale against the Seattle Mariners and went 0-for-2 with 2 strikeouts. Yan Gomes will catch for Jameson Taillon and bat sixth in Friday's opener.
Gomes has an $5,000 salary on the single-game slate Friday and numberFire's models project him for 7.9 FanDuel points. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Cubs' implied total is 4.76 and the game total is 8.5. Ragans has a solid 3.62 xERA behind his 4.21 ERA this season, with a 25.5% strikeout rate and elevated 11.0% walk rate.
Source:
MLB.com
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