St. Louis Cardinals infielder Brandon Crawford will start on third base and bat seventh in Thursday's series opener against right-hander Keaton Winn and the San Francisco Giants.
What It Means
Crawford will make his first career start on third base after 13-plus years at shortstop. Nolan Arenado is expected to miss multiple games with an elbow injury, so Crawford could see consecutive starts on the hot corner.
numberFire's models project Crawford for 7.4 FanDuel points on Thursday. Among qualified pitchers this season, Winn rates in the bottom 9th percentile in xERA (5.30) and the bottom 14th percentile in xBA (.274).