Curt Casali on Reds bench Wednesday

Cincinnati Reds catcher Curt Casali is not in the lineup on Wednesday against right-hander Josiah Gray and the Washington Nationals.

What It Means:

Casali started on Tuesday for the first time since June 26 and went 1-for-3. Tyler Stephenson will catch for Graham Ashcraft on Wednesday and hit eighth. Spencer Steer will serve as Cincinnati's designated hitter while Will Benson will start in left field and bat ninth.

numberFire’s models project Benson ($2,700) for 8.9 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Reds' implied total is 4.84 and the game total is 9.5. Gray has a strong 3.30 ERA and 4.22 xERA this season, with a 35.4% hard-hit rate, 21.0% strikeout rate, and 10.5% walk rate.