Nick Madrigal on Cubs bench Thursday afternoon

Madrigal will sit for the second time this series after he went 0-for-3 with a strikeout on Wednesday. Christopher Morel will move to the hot corner and Ian Happ will take over at designated hitter. Mike Tauchman will start in left field and return to leadoff duty.

numberFire's models project Morel for 9.8 and Tauchman for 11.5 FanDuel points on Thursday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Cubs' implied total (4.29) is No. 6 out of 16 active teams in the majors today.