Washington Nationals outfielder Blake Rutherford is not in the lineup on Wednesday against left-hander James Paxton and the Boston Red Sox.
The left-handed hitting Rutherford will sit against a southpaw. Stone Garrett will move to left field and hit fifth. Alex Call will be in center field and Lane Thomas will man right.
numberFire’s models project Garrett ($2,400) for 8.4 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Nationals' implied total is 4.10 and the game total is 9.0. Paxton has a 3.36 ERA and 3.32 xERA this season, with a 39.7% hard-hit rate, 27.4% strikeout rate, and 6.7% walk rate.
Source: MLB.com