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Cedanne Rafaela idle Wednesday for Red Sox

Boston Red Sox infielder Cedanne Rafaela is not in the lineup for Wednesday's series finale against right-hander Tyler Glasnow and the Tampa Bay Rays.

What It Means:

Rafaela was the leadoff hitter on Tuesday and went 3-for-6 with 2 runs scored. Trevor Story is replacing Rafaela at shortstop on Wednesday and batting seventh. Wilyer Abreu is replacing Rafaela as Boston's leadoff batter.

numberFire’s models project Story ($2,800) for 6.7 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Red Sox's implied total is 3.57, fourth-lowest on the board, and the game total is 8.0. Glasnow is registering a 3.17 ERA and 3.94 xERA this season while giving up a lot of hard hits (45.2%), but also striking batters out at an elite rate (31.7%).

Source: MLB.com

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