What It Means:

Rivera simply spelled Travis d'Arnaud on Tuesday, but he'll return to the bench with the starter back in the lineup today.

The Mets' batters have the second-lowest implied total on the slate today (3.71 runs), due to Chavez Ravine's power-dampening effect (.899 park factor). That should minimize any damage that Los Angeles Dodgers starter Rich Hill's walk rate (14.7 percent; highest on slate) and ground-to-fly ball ratio (.627; sixth-most fly ball-prone) would normally allow.