What It Means:

Montero is sliding down the order after going 4-for-24 (.167) with 12 strikeouts over the last week. Charlie Blackmon will shift to right field Friday and Sean Bouchard will return to the bench.

numberFire’s models project Montero ($6,000) for 7.6 FanDuel points on the single-game slate Friday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Rockies' implied total is 3.78 and the game total is 9.0. Taillon has a poor 5.27 ERA and 5.11 xERA this season, with a 39.2% hard-hit rate, 21.5% strikeout rate (bottom 36th percentile of league), and 5.9% walk rate (top 84th).