Dominic Smith taking seat Wednesday for Nationals

Washington Nationals first baseman Dominic Smith is not in the lineup for Wednesday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Chris Bassitt and the Toronto Blue Jays.

What It Means:

Smith started the past four games and went 2-for-15 with an RBI, a walk, a run scored, and 5 strikeouts. Joey Meneses is moving to first base on Wednesday afternoon while Keibert Ruiz takes over at designated hitter. Riley Adams is catching for Patrick Corbin and batting eighth.

numberFire’s models project Meneses ($2,700) for 9.7 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Nationals' implied total is a low 3.46 and the game total is 8.5. Bassitt has a 4.00 ERA and 4.36 xERA this season, with a 36.3% hard-hit rate, 22.4% strikeout rate, and 7.7% walk rate.

Source: MLB.com