Should I start Alexis Diaz or Justin Slaten?

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Alexis Diaz

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Current Week's Projections

FPTS

8.67

5.75

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue Jul 2	@NYY (2nd) (Gil)	74°
Wed Jul 3	@NYY (2nd) (Rodon)	73°
Thu Jul 4	@NYY (2nd) (Stroman)	83°
Fri Jul 5	vs.DET (24th) (Olson)	71°
Sat Jul 6	vs.DET (24th) (TBA)	81°
Sun Jul 7	vs.DET (24th) (Skubal)	84°

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue Jul 2	@MIA (29th) (Bellozo)	Indoor
Wed Jul 3	@MIA (29th) (Rogers)	Indoor
Thu Jul 4	@MIA (29th) (Tyler)	Indoor
Fri Jul 5	@NYY (2nd) (Cortes)	73°
Sat Jul 6	@NYY (2nd) (Cole)	83°
Sun Jul 7	@NYY (2nd) (Gil)	80°

Pitching

.06

.19

1.02

.08

2.2

2.1

2.49

1.42

1.03

3.02

3.03

1.83

.57

ERA

5.83

4.41

WHIP

1.78

1.46

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Pitching
Season Statistics
FPTS	124.0	106.0
W	1	4
L	3	2
SV	18	1
IP	31.1	40.0
H	23	34
ER	16	13
K	32	42
BB	20	6
ERA	4.63	2.93
WHIP	1.38	1.00

Recent News
	Reds' Alexis Diaz: Perfect for 18th save Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports A Reds-A's trade to solve David Bell's Alexis Diaz problem Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Reds' Alexis Diaz: Notches 17th save Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Fantasy Baseball Closer Report: Alexis Diaz, Trevor Megill, Carlos Estevez (2024) Published June 22nd, 2024 via MSN Reds' Alexis Diaz: Grabs 16th save Published June 18th, 2024 via CBS Sports Reds' Alexis Diaz: Escapes with save Published June 14th, 2024 via CBS Sports Reds' Alexis Diaz: Earns 14th save Published June 12th, 2024 via CBS Sports Reds' Alexis Diaz: Not used in save situation Published June 9th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Justin Slaten - Closers and Saves Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Adds Published June 19th, 2024 via MSN Red Sox fans and foes are starting to recognize reliever Justin Slaten Published June 16th, 2024 via The Boston Globe Justin Slaten K's Giancarlo Stanton Published June 15th, 2024 via MLB.com Justin Slaten seals the win \| 05/31/2024 \| Boston Red Sox Published May 31st, 2024 via MLB.com Justin Slaten seals the win \| 05/20/2024 \| Boston Red Sox Published May 20th, 2024 via MLB.com Red Sox's Justin Slaten: Suffers second loss Published May 19th, 2024 via CBS Sports Red Sox vs Cardinals: Kutter Crawford Shines, Justin Slaten Struggles in Cardinal's Win Published May 19th, 2024 via BVM Sports Justin Slaten - MLB Starting pitcher - News, Stats, Bio and more - The Athletic Published May 13th, 2024 via The New York Times

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