Cardinals' Yadier Molina getting a day off Friday

St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is not in the starting lineup Friday against the Washington Nationals.

What It Means:

It's his second day off of the season. Eric Fryer is starting behind the dish. The Cards also have Matt Adams at first base over Brandon Moss and Jedd Gyorko at second base over Kolten Wong.

Molina is off to a great start this season, slashing .333/.422/.436 with a .377 wOBA and a one-to-one ratio of walks to strikeouts (11 each) through 90 plate appearances this season. Our models currently project Molina to cool off, posting a .298 wOBA and 5 home runs over 481 plate appearances this season.