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Curt Casali on Cincinnati bench Wednesday

Cincinnati Reds catcher Curt Casali is not in the lineup against right-hander Ross Stripling and the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.

What It Means:

Tyler Stephenson will replace Casali at catcher and bat eighth.

numberFire’s models project Stephenson ($2,800) for 6.9 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Reds' implied total is a batter-friendly 5.25 and the game total is 10.5. Stripling has a 6.11 ERA and 5.35 xERA this season, with a 43.2% hard-hit rate, 20.2% strikeout rate, and 5.6% walk rate. He also has an attackable 26.7% homer-to-fly-ball rate off a 30.8% fly-ball rate while allowing 2.36 homers per nine innings.

Source: MLB.com

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