What It Means:

Rojas will be held out of at least one lineup after he injured his neck on Wednesday night and left early. Chris Taylor will cover shortstop and hit seventh while David Peralta returns to left field and bats fifth.

numberFire’s models project Taylor ($2,700) for 10.5 and Peralta ($2,400) is projected for 9.3 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 this season, with a 39.7% hard-hit rate, 17.3% strikeout rate, and 9.9% walk rate.