Will Benson sitting in Tuesday matinee for Cincinnati
Cincinnati Reds outfielder Will Benson is not in the lineup on Tuesday afternoon against left-hander Patrick Corbin and the Washington Nationals.
What It Means:
The Reds are holding the left-handed hitting Benson out against the Nationals' southpaw. Spencer Steer will shift to left field and hit fifth while Tyler Stephenson takes over at designated hitter and bats sixth. Curt Casali will start at catcher and bat ninth.
Steer has a $8,000 salary on the Tuesday afternoon single-game slate and numberFire’s models project him for 11.9 FanDuel points. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Reds' implied total is 4.91 and the game total is 9.5. Corbin has a 4.84 ERA and 6.23 xERA (bottom 5th percentile of MLB) this season, with a 45.8% hard-hit rate (bottom 13th), 15.3% strikeout rate (bottom 7th), and 6.7% walk rate.
Source:
Baseball Press
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