Baltimore Orioles infielder Gunnar Henderson is starting on third base and batting leadoff in Wednesday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Dylan Cease and the Chicago White Sox.
Henderson is stepping into the leadoff role while Adley Rutschman takes a breather. He hit second in the first two games of the series and went 3-for-8 with 2 walks, 2 steals, and 3 runs scored. Anthony Santander is batting second on Wednesday for the Orioles, followed by Ryan Mountcastle and then Ryan O'Hearn in the cleanup spot.
numberFire’s models project Henderson ($3,300) for 12.6 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Orioles' implied total is 5.03 and the game total is 9.0. Cease has a 4.81 ERA and 4.19 xERA this season, with a 41.8% hard-hit rate, 26.5% strikeout rate, and 10.7% walk rate.
Source: MLB.com