Houston Astros infielder Alex Bregman will start on third base and bat cleanup in Wednesday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Tylor Megill and the New York Mets.
Bregman will slide down in the order after hitting second the past three games. Mauricio Dubon will bat second on Wednesday and Yainer Diaz will be in the five-hole.
numberFire’s models project Bregman ($3,200) for 10.2 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Astros' implied total is 4.57 while the game total is 8.5. Megill has a 4.83 ERA and 5.78 xERA this season, with a 38.2% hard-hit rate, 17.9% strikeout rate, and 11.2% walk rate. The walk rate is third-highest among Wednesday's projected starters.
Source: Baseball Press