Padres' Matthew Batten batting eighth Tuesday
San Diego Padres infielder Matthew Batten is starting on third base and batting eighth on Tuesday against left-hander Zack Thompson and the St. Louis Cardinals.
What It Means:
Batten is starting for the second time in three games. He went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, a walk, and a pair of runs scored in the previous start. Manny Machado is shifting to designated hitter and Matt Carpenter is moving back to the bench.
numberFire’s models project Batten ($2,000) for 7.8 FanDuel points on Tuesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Padres' implied total is 4.84 and the game total is 9.0. Thompson has a 3.86 ERA and 4.43 xERA across 35 MLB innings this season, with a 44.7% hard-hit rate, 28.8% strikeout rate, and 9.2% walk rate.
Source:
MLB.com
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