Nationals starting Alcides Escobar at shortstop on Wednesday

Washington Nationals shortstop Alcides Escobar is batting ninth in Wednesday's lineup against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

What It Means:

Escobar will operate at the shortstop position after Lucius Fox was benched at home.

In a righty versus righty matchup against Merril Kelly, our models project Escobar to score 8.0 FanDuel points at the salary of $2,500.