St. Louis Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras is not in the lineup versus right-hander Luke Weaver and the Cincinnati Reds in Thursday afternoon's series finale.
Contreras will rest for the day game after a night game. Andrew Knizner will catch for Miles Mikolas and bat eighth.
numberFire’s models project Knizner ($2,500) for 9.5 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Cardinals' implied total is second-highest of the day at 5.52 and the game total is 10.0. Weaver has a 6.54 ERA and 1.52 WHIP this season, with a 22.1% strikeout rate and 5.7% walk rate.
Source: Baseball Press