Liover Peguero sitting Wednesday for Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Liover Peguero is not in the lineup on Wednesday afternoon against right-hander Aaron Civale and the Cleveland Guardians.

What It Means:

Peguero made his season debut on Monday and then went 0-for-6 with 5 strikeouts in the first two games of the series. Tucupita Marcano will replace Peguero at shortstop on Wednesday afternoon and bat seventh.

numberFire’s models project Marcano ($2,200) for 6.2 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Pirates' implied total is 4.00 and the game total is 8.5. Civale has a 2.65 ERA and 3.81 xERA this season, with a 34.7% hard-hit rate, 19.7% strikeout rate, and 7.3% walk rate.

Source: MLB.com