Dansby Swanson hasn’t exactly been an iron man throughout his career, but his day off today is only the second he’s gotten all year. (Coincidentally, the first day off, back on June 13, also came against the Marlins at home.) Orlando Arcia gets the start at shortstop, while despite last night’s heroics, Joc Pederson rides the pine against southpaw Trevor Rogers as Guillermo Heredia starts in his place:
This will, of course, be Arcia’s first start in the infield for Atlanta. Notably, Rogers doesn’t really have any notable FIP or xFIP platoon split this year (this makes sense given that his arsenal is not particularly horizontal in any respect), and it’s not like Arcia and Heredia are noted lefty-killers (.