No worries, Ronald Acuña Jr. hasn’t gone anywhere. Also, Eli White returns to the starting lineup in an outfield corner.

Usually, I do a batter-versus-pitcher thing, but there’s not much to do here. Foster Griffin made one MLB appearance in 2020 and six more in 2022, and then went to Japan. No one in this lineup has ever faced him at the major league level.

The Nationals roll out a similar-ish lineup to yesterday. Jorbit Vivas takes over at third for Brady House, and a bunch of spots are correspondingly reshuffled around the 1-2-4 enscocement of James Wood, Luis Garcia Jr., and CJ Abrams. Six of these guys (not Vivas, Daylen Lile, or Nasim Nunez) have actually faced Lopez before, but none have more than seven PAs. Their collective line is a .271 wOBA and .318 xwOBA in 27 PAs, with CJ Abrams once hitting a go-ahead 0-2 homer off Lopez back in 2024.

Here’s a weird thing: this will be the first time Jacob Young has hit third in his career. Also, the Braves have only used 12 different batting orders through 23 games so far, but this will be a new one, as White hasn’t yet hit ninth this season.