What It Means:

The left-handed hitting Thomas is taking a seat against the Dodgers' southpaw. Corbin Carroll is moving to center field and hitting seventh on Tuesday while Tommy Pham takes over in right. Buddy Kennedy is serving as the Diamondbacks' designated hitter and batting second. Ketel Marte is leading off on Tuesday.

numberFire’s models project Carroll ($3,900) for 10.0 and Kennedy ($2,100) for 5.2 FanDuel points on Tuesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Diamondbacks' implied total is only 3.48 and the game total is 8.0. Kershaw has a 2.52 ERA and 3.56 xERA this season, with a 37.5% hard-hit rate, 27.1% strikeout rate, and 6.1% walk rate. His xERA, strikeout rate, and walk rate are all in at least the top 75th percentile among qualified pitchers in the majors this season.