Nationals' Michael Chavis idle Wednesday

Washington Nationals infielder Michael Chavis is not in the lineup on Wednesday afternoon versus right-hander Peter Lambert and the Colorado Rockies.

What It Means:

Luis Garcia will reclaim second base from Chavis and hit eighth after he was held out of Tuesday's lineup against a lefty.

numberFire’s models project Garcia ($2,700) for 8.7 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Nationals' implied total is 5.00 and the game total is 9.5. Lambert has an elevated 5.49 ERA and 5.17 xERA this season, with a 49.1% hard-hit rate (bottom 3rd percentile of MLB), 22.7% strikeout rate, and 9.3% walk rate.

Source: MLB.com