Chicago Cubs first baseman Trey Mancini is not in the lineup versus right-hander Zach Eflin and the Tampa Bay Rays in Wednesday afternoon's series finale.
Mancini will sit after going hitless and striking out twice on Tuesday. Matt Mervis will replace Mancini on first base and bat sixth.
numberFire’s models project Mervis ($2,600) for 7.1 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Cubs' implied total is 4.00 and the game total is 8.5. Eflin is allowing a batter-friendly 1.33 homers per nine innings this season and the Rays' bullpen has the second-highest xFIP (4.79) in the big leagues.
Source: Baseball Press