Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith is not in the lineup for Thursday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Graham Ashcraft and the Cincinnati Reds.
Smith will sit for the day game after he went 2-for-4 with a dinger, a double, 2 RBI, and 2 runs scored on Wednesday night. Austin Barnes will catch for Clayton Kershaw and hit ninth. J.D. Martinez will move up a spot to hit third and Max Muncy will be on cleanup duty.
numberFire’s models project Barnes ($2,100) for 8.1 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Dodgers' implied total is second-highest of the day at 5.85 and the game total is 10.0. Ashcraft has a 6.64 ERA and 5.13 xERA, with a 39.7% hard-hit rate, 17.3% strikeout rate, and 9.9% walk rate.
Source: Baseball Press