Chicago Cubs outfielder Albert Almora is starting on Wednesday against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Almora will start in center field and bat fifth versus Rays left-hander Blake Snell. He's hit successfully in five straight contests while racking up 3 doubles, a triple, and a dinger in that span. Jon Jay will move to designated hitter for the Cubs while Kyle Schwarber grabs a seat on the bench for Wednesday's matchup.
Snell hasn't given up more than two runs in four of his past five starts, including a pair of shutouts and a one-run outing in his most recent trip to the mound, so the defending champs may be in a tough spot for this one. numberFire's models project Almora to score 7.8 FanDuel points at a cost of $2,700 on Wednesday, while the Cubs carry an underwhelming implied total at 4.07 runs.
Source: Baseball Press