Colorado's C.J. Cron grabbing a seat Thursday afternoon

Colorado Rockies first baseman C.J. Cron is not in the starting lineup for Thursday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Merrill Kelly and the Arizona Diamondbacks.

What It Means:

Cron will give up first base to Josh Fuentes and the cleanup spot to Charlie Blackmon. Ryan McMahon will rotate to third base and Garrett Hampson will move to second while Sam Hilliard enters the lineup in center field and bats seventh.

numberFire’s models project Hilliard for 11.7 FanDuel points versus the Diamondbacks and he has a salary of $3,000 on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Rockies have the highest implied total (6.0 runs) out of every team playing Thursday.