Against the Brewers Thursday night, Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond will not be in the starting lineup for the first time this season.
Desmond has started all 59 games up until this point and is likely just receiving a day off. However, he's batting just .128 over his past 10 games and did have a critical error two games ago. Replacing him at shortstop will be Danny Espinosa.
Espinosa, conversely, has been hot of late. In his past five games, he's hitting .429 with two home runs and three doubles.