Lars Nootbaar leading off Thursday for Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar will start in center field and bat leadoff in Thursday's series finale against right-hander Corbin Burnes and the Milwaukee Brewers.
Nootbaar hit fifth on Wednesday and went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored. Tommy Edman will hit second and Jordan Walker will hit third on Thursday afternoon. Luken Baker will clean up for the Cardinals and Richie Palacios will hit fifth.
numberFire’s models project Nootbaar ($3,000) for 10.7 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Cardinals' implied total is 3.30, tied for second-lowest on the board, and the game total is 8.0. Burnes has been one of the better pitchers in the majors this season, wiht a 3.46 ERA and 3.36 xERA this season, with a 33.0% hard-hit rate (top 87th percentile), 25.6% strikeout rate, and 8.5% walk rate.
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