Should I start Carlos Santana or Josh Naylor?

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Current Week's Projections

FPTS

13.33

13.19

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue Jul 2	vs.DET (Skubal)	69°
Wed Jul 3	vs.DET (Montero)	75°
Thu Jul 4	vs.DET (Maeda)	69°
Fri Jul 5	vs.HOU (TBA)	65°
Sat Jul 6	vs.HOU (Brown)	82°
Sun Jul 7	vs.HOU (Arrighetti)	80°

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue Jul 2	vs.CHW (Flexen)	74°
Wed Jul 3	vs.CHW (Fedde)	72°
Thu Jul 4	vs.CHW (Thorpe)	77°
Fri Jul 5	vs.SF (TBA)	73°
Sat Jul 6	vs.SF (TBA)	73°
Sun Jul 7	vs.SF (Birdsong)	74°

Batting

22.6

18.39

2.59

2.67

5.54

4.48

1.24

.96

.97

1.16

RBI

2.75

3.33

.19

4.16

3.79

2.27

1.87

AVG

.245

.244

OBP

.322

.319

SLG

.428

.485

OPS

.750

.804

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Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	172.0	226.0
AB	275	293
R	32	46
H	69	71
2B	15	15
3B	0	0
HR	12	20
RBI	39	61
SB	2	3
K	49	60
BB	28	30
AVG	.251	.242
OBP	.329	.320
SLG	.436	.498
OPS	.765	.819

Recent News
	Carlos Santana Props: July 3, Twins vs. Tigers Published July 3rd, 2024 via For The Win Twins' Carlos Santana: Three hits in win Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Carlos Santana Props: June 28, Twins vs. Mariners Published June 27th, 2024 via For The Win Carlos Santana's RBI double \| 06/27/2024 \| Minnesota Twins Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Carlos Santana's tumbling catch \| 06/26/2024 \| Minnesota Twins Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Carlos Santana - Stats - Batting Published June 26th, 2024 via FanGraphs Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Carlos Santana smashing, Joey Loperfido and Heston Kjerstad finally emerging Published June 25th, 2024 via Yahoo Sports Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Carlos Santana smashing, Joey Loperfido and Heston Kjerstad finally emerging Published June 25th, 2024 via NBC Sports	Josh Naylor Props: July 2, Guardians vs. White Sox Published July 2nd, 2024 via For The Win Josh Naylor Heating Up At The Plate Published July 1st, 2024 Josh Naylor Props: June 30, Guardians vs. Royals Published June 30th, 2024 via For The Win Ramirez homers, Josh Naylor two RBIs lead Guardians over Royals 7-2 Published June 29th, 2024 via The Associated Press Josh Naylor Props: June 29, Guardians vs. Royals Published June 29th, 2024 via For The Win Josh Naylor Missing Another Game Wednesday Published June 26th, 2024 Guardians' Josh Naylor: Absent from lineup versus righty Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Josh Naylor Sitting Against A Lefty Published June 25th, 2024

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