
Nick Senzel
Chicago White Sox • #15 • 3B
Nationals' Nick Senzel batting cleanup Tuesday
Washington Nationals infielder Nick Senzel will start on third base and bat out of the cleanup spot on Tuesday against left-hander Max Fried and the Atlanta Braves.
What It Means
Senzel will hit cleanup for the fifth time this season after batting between fifth and seventh in his last seven starts. In the last two, he went 4-for-7 with 1 double, 2 RBI, and 2 runs scored.
numberFire's models project Senzel for 9.8 FanDuel points on Tuesday. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Nationals' implied total (3.39) is No. 24 in the majors today. Fried has a 3.38 ERA and 3.16 xERA (top 77th percentile) this season, with a 28.5% hard-hit rate (95th), 20.4% strikeout rate (37th), and 8.5% walk rate (45th).