Washington Nationals infielder Travis Blankenhorn is in the lineup on Friday against rookie right-hander Eury Perez and the Miami Marlins.
The Nationals called up Blankenhorn from Triple-A Rochester on Friday. He will start in left field and bat fifth in his Nationals debut while Jake Alu moves to second base and Michael Chavis takes a seat.
Blankenhorn slashed .262/.360/.517 with 23 homers and 75 RBI in Triple-A this season. Per numberFire's MLB Heat Map, the Nationals' implied total is 3.78 and the game total is 8.5. Perez has been strong through his first 74 innings in the majors, with a 2.68 ERA and 3.40 xERA, 30.4% strikeout rate, and 34.5% whiff rate. His strikeout rate is in the 90th percentile league-wide while his whiff rate sits in the 93rd percentile.
Source: MLB.com