Cleveland Guardians first baseman Josh Naylor is not in the lineup for Wednesday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Joe Ryan and the Minnesota Twins.
Naylor will take a seat after he went 0-for-4 on Tuesday night in his third game back from the injured list. Kole Calhoun will start on first base and hit third Wednesday afternoon while Steven Kwan shifts to designated hitter. Ramon Laureano will start in right field and bat cleanup while Will Brennan moves over to the other outfield corner.
numberFire’s models project Calhoun ($3,000) for 8.0 and Kwan ($2,900) for 9.2 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Guardians' implied total is 4.11 and the game total is 8.5. Ryan has a 4.20 ERA and 3.34 xERA this season, putting him in place for positive regression down the stretch. His 29.4% strikeout rate is in the top 87th percentile of the majors this season and his 4.8% walk rate is in the top 93rd percentile.
Source: MLB.com