Cincinnati Reds infielder Christian Encarnacion-Strand is not in the lineup for Monday's series opener against right-hander Joe Ryan and the Minnesota Twins.
Encarnacion-Strand started and hit home runs in each of the last two games, but he's absent from Monday's lineup. Joey Votto will start on first base and Jake Fraley will serve as the designated hitter and bat cleanup. Tyler Stephenson will hit fifth for Cincinnati.
numberFire’s models project Fraley ($2,800) for 11.7 FanDuel points on Monday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Reds' implied total is 4.36 and the game total is 9.5. Ryan has a 4.20 ERA and 3.44 xERA (top 78th percentile of league) this season, with a 41.5% hard-hit rate (bottom 33rd), 29.2% strikeout rate (top 84th), and 5.0% walk rate (top 92nd).
Source: MLB.com