San Diego Padres catcher Austin Nola is starting at catcher and hitting leadoff on Thursday versus left-hander Madison Bumgarner and the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Nola is handling things at the top of the order against the Diamondbacks' southpaw. The Padres' full Opening Day lineup: Nola C, Manny Machado 3B, Jake Cronenworth 2B, Luke Voit DH, Wil Myers RF, Eric Hosmer 1B, Jurickson Profar LF, Ha-Seong Kim SS, and Trent Grisham CF. Yu Darvish is starting at pitcher for the Padres.
numberFire's models project Nola for 10.1 FanDuel points, and he has a $2,200 salary on Thursday's slate.
Source: Baseball Press