Braves' Zack Short on bench Thursday afternoon

Short started the last nine games on third base in place of Austin Riley (side), but he will take a seat on Thursday afternoon. Luke Williams will cover the hot corner and hit ninth.

numberFire's models project Williams for 5.1 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Braves' implied total (4.46) is No. 7 out of 16 active teams in the majors today. Waldron rates in the 46th-51st percentiles this season in xERA (3.92), strikeout rate (22.6%), and walk rate (8.5%).