Mets' Patrick Mazeika on bench Thursday

New York Mets catcher Patrick Mazeika is not in the starting lineup for Thursday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Dakota Hudson and the St. Louis Cardinals.

What It Means:

Tomas Nido is replacing Mazeika at catcher and hitting ninth.

numberFire’s models project Nido for 6.6 FanDuel points on Thursday, and he has a $2,100 salary. Per our MLB Heat Map, the park factor in the Mets-Cardinals game (0.913) is the weakest for hitters out of the eight hosting stadiums on Thursday.