Austin Barnes on Dodgers' bench Thursday night

Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes is not starting on Thursday versus the Atlanta Braves.

What It Means:

Barnes will be replaced behind the plate by Yasmani Grandal after he drew the start on Wednesday. The 27-year-old backstop is slashing .281/.393/.518 with 5 homers and 20 RBI in 135 plate appearances (50 games) this season.

numberFire's models project Barnes to record a .256 batting average in 101 remaining plate appearances this season.