San Diego Padres catcher Austin Hedges is batting ninth and catching Thursday against the Colorado Rockies.
Derek Norris will start at first base and bat clean-up with lefty Jorge De La Rosa on the mound.
Norris has kept up his lefty-clubbing ways with a 33.3 percent hard-hit rate off of southpaws this season. Hedges has only seen 40 plate appearances against lefties this year, holding a 26.7 percent hard-hit rate on the season. Our algorithms see Norris as the third best catcher on FanDuel all-day slates Thursday and the second best value at the position.
Source: Baseball Press