Santiago Espinal sitting for Blue Jays Wednesday
Toronto Blue Jays infielder Santiago Espinal is not in the lineup versus right-hander Zack Wheeler and the Philadelphia Phillies in Wednesday's series finale.
Espinal will sit after starting at shortstop and second base the last two games. Whit Merrifield will move to the keystone and hit fifth while Cavan Biggio enters the lineup to play right field and bat eighth. Bo Bichette will be at shortstop again Wednesday.
numberFire’s models project Merrifield ($2,900) for 8.4 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Biggio ($2,100) is projected for 7.2 FanDuel points. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Blue Jays' implied total is 4.25 and the game total is 8.5. Wheeler is carrying a 27.9% strikeout rate with a 6.7% walk rate this season.
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