Francisco Mejia moving to Rays' bench Wednesday

Tampa Bay Rays catcher Francisco Mejia is not in the starting lineup versus right-hander Levi Stoudt and the Cincinnati Reds in Wednesday afternoon's series finale.

What It Means:

Christian Bethancourt will replace Mejia at catcher and hit ninth.

numberFire’s models project Bethancourt ($2,900) for 8.5 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Rays' implied total (6.04) is the highest in the majors today and the game total is 10.0. Stoudt will be making his MLB debut on Wednesday afternoon. He recorded a 4.09 ERA and a 1.55 WHIP with 10 strikeouts and 9 walks over 11 innings across three starts with Triple-A Louisville this season.