Tyler Flowers

Tyler Flowers is out Thursday as Braves play Dodgers

Atlanta Braves catcher Tyler Flowers is not in the starting lineup on Thursday against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

What It Means:

Flowers will get the night off after homering in Wednesday's day game. Kurt Suzuki will be behind the plate and hitting seventh against Brandon McCarthy.

Our models project McCarthy for a .271 batting average, with 4 home runs, 16 runs scored, and 20 RBI over 172 plate appearances remaining this season.