What It Means:

The Cubs find themselves down 2-1 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the series, so manager Joe Maddon is deciding to mix things up a bit on Wednesday night. Russell moves down a spot after hitting seventh on Tuesday, and Jason Heyward will fill the void after not starting in Game 3.

Despite being down in the series, our models give the Cubs a 27.6 percent chance of winning the World Series, which is slightly better -- a mere 0.80 percent -- than the Dodgers. That's good for second among the remaining four teams.