What It Means:

Mark Canha will return to the lineup to play right field and hit eighth while Jeff McNeil will move to second base in place of Guillorme.

numberFire’s models project Canha ($2,400) for 9.2 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Mets have the highest implied total of the day at 5.18 while the game total is a batter-friendly 9.5. Kopech has a 4.46 ERA and 5.56 xERA (bottom 10th percentile of MLB) this season, with a 41.4% hard-hit rate, 25.5% strikeout rate, and 13.9% walk rate (bottom 4th percentile). He's also giving up a 48.6% fly-ball rate and 1.87 taters per nine.