Corey Seager has stiff legs, will sit out first game in Denver.

DENVER — Corey Seager will not be in the starting lineup when the Dodgers play the Colorado Rockies tonight.

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said that Seager, who has reached base in each of his first 16 major league starts, is feeling “heavy legged.” That’s a clever baseball euphemism for fatigue, the kind that comes with playing 144 games across the Double-A, Triple-A and major league levels this year. Only Adrian Gonzalez has played more games this season than Seager among those currently on the Dodgers’ active roster.

Chase Utley is getting his second career start at third base and Jimmy Rollins is starting at shortstop. Here’s what Mattingly said about Seager during his pregame media briefing:

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J.P. Hoornstra covers the Dodgers, Angels and Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, San Bernardino Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Whittier Daily News and Redlands Daily Facts. Before taking the beat in 2012, J.P. covered the NHL for four years. UCLA gave him a degree once upon a time; when he graduated on schedule, he missed getting Arnold Schwarzenegger's autograph on his diploma by five months.