What It Means:

Santana went 3-for-10 with 2 walks, 2 runs, and a strikeout in the first three games of the series, but he will sit for the final matchup. Rowdy Tellez will start on first base and bat cleanup while Willy Adames moves up to bat third.

numberFire’s models project Tellez ($2,600) for 10.1 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Brewers' implied total is 4.00 and the game total is 8.0. Perez has a 2.90 ERA and 3.72 xERA across his first 83 2/3 innings in the majors, with a sizzling 29.1% strikeout rate in the 85th percentile.