Kurt Suzuki on Braves' bench on Wednesday afternoon

Atlanta Braves catcher Kurt Suzuki is not starting on Wednesday versus the Chicago Cubs.

What It Means:

Suzuki will head to the bench while Tyler Flowers steps in behind the plate. R.A. Dickey is on the mound for Atlanta while the Cubs are throwing southpaw Mike Montgomery.

Suzuki is slashing .250/.338/.449 with 7 home runs in 158 plate appearances (43 games) this season. numberFire's models project him to record a .260 batting average in 112 plate appearances over the remainder of the season.