What It Means:

Baty missed the last six games with a groin strain. He will return to third base and bat seventh Wednesday while Ronny Mauricio moves to second base and hits sixth. Jeff McNeil will shift out to left field and hit fifth while Tim Locastro takes a seat.

numberFire’s models project Baty ($2,400) for 7.2 FanDuel points on Wednesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Mets' implied total is 3.68 and the game total is 7.5. Perez has elite strikeout and whiff rates in his first big-league season, with a 3.06 ERA and 3.67 xERA (top 70th percentile).