Matt Thaiss moving to bench for Angels' Thursday matinee
Los Angeles Angels first baseman/catcher Matt Thaiss is not in the lineup versus right-hander Tyler Wells and the Baltimore Orioles in Thursday afternoon's series finale.
What It Means:
Thaiss will take a seat while Brandon Drury shifts to first base. Livan Soto will enter the lineup to play second base and bat ninth. Chad Wallach will catch for Tyler Anderson and hit sixth.
Per numberFire's MLB Heat Map, the Angels' implied total is 4.11 and the game total is 9.0 on Thursday. Wells is hiding a 4.14 SIERA behind a 2.68 ERA this season, with a 22.3% strikeout rate and 50.1% flyball rate. He's also yielding 1.53 homers per nine innings.
Source:
Baseball Press
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