Ryan Flaherty

Ryan Flaherty heads to Braves' bench on Thursday

Atlanta Braves third baseman/shortstop Ryan Flaherty is out of the starting lineup Thursday against the New York Mets.

What It Means:

After two straight starts, Flaherty will shift to the bench in favor of Charlie Culberson at third. Culberson hits seventh for Atlanta.

Our models project Flaherty to hit .228 with 6 home runs and 29 RBI over the rest of the season.