What It Means:

Polanco will replace Anthony Alford in right field and bat sixth after being held out of the past two lineups. He has begun the season 4-for-29 (.138) with 12 strikeouts through nine games.

numberFire’s models project Polanco for 6.7 FanDuel points versus the Padres and he has a salary of $2,500 on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Pirates have an implied total of 3.2 runs, the third-lowest among all teams playing Wednesday.