Chicago Cubs infielder Nico Hoerner will start on second base and bat leadoff in Wednesday afternoon's series finale against left-hander Tarik Skubal and the Detroit Tigers.
The left-handed hitting Mike Tauchman is taking a seat against a lefty and Christopher Morel is also out of the lineup, so Hoerner will handle the leadoff role after hitting second the past three weeks. Dansby Swanson will hit second for the Cubs on Wednesday afternoon.
numberFire’s models project Hoerner ($3,600) for 10.1 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Cubs' implied total is 3.87 and the game total is 8.0. Skubal has earned an outstanding 2.62 xERA across 38 1/3 innings this season while pacing for career-bests in strikeout rate (28.3%) and walk rate (4.6%).
Source: MLB.com