Should I start Cole Ragans or Tanner Houck?

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Current Week's Projections

FPTS

13.48

13.43

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue Jul 2	vs.TB (24th) (Littell)	73°
Wed Jul 3	vs.TB (24th) (Pepiot)	75°
Thu Jul 4	vs.TB (24th) (Eflin)	82°
Fri Jul 5	@COL (28th) (Freeland)	77°
Sat Jul 6	@COL (28th) (Gomber)	Not Currently Available
Sun Jul 7	@COL (28th) (Feltner)	Not Currently Available

Date	Opponent	Weather
Fri Jul 5	@NYY (4th) (Cortes)	74°

Pitching

.24

.34

.19

.42

5.2

6.0

5.39

5.97

2.41

2.51

8.41

6.28

1.99

1.47

ERA

4.16

3.76

WHIP

1.42

1.24

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Start Cole Ragans or Michael Lorenzen Start Cole Ragans or Sonny Gray Start Cole Ragans or Gerrit Cole Start Cole Ragans or Tyler Glasnow Start Cole Ragans or Paul Skenes	Start Tanner Houck or Luis Severino Start Tanner Houck or Max Fried Start Tanner Houck or Bryse Wilson Start Tanner Houck or Mason Miller Start Tanner Houck or Landon Knack

Pitching
Season Statistics
FPTS	230.0	257.0
W	5	7
L	6	6
SV	0	0
IP	102.2	107.2
H	87	91
ER	39	33
K	126	105
BB	34	19
ERA	3.43	2.77
WHIP	1.18	1.03

Recent News
	Royals' Cole Ragans: Hit hard by Guardians Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Matt Quatraro on umpire review, Cole Ragans \| 06/29/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Royals' Cole Ragans' Pivotal Homer Controversy and Struggles in Recent Game to Impact Team's Momentum Published June 29th, 2024 via BVM Sports Cole Ragans labors in short start as Royals lose to Guardians Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Breaking down Cole Ragans' pitches \| 06/29/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Royals vs Guardians: Pitching Duel Between Cole Ragans and Tanner Bibee Published June 29th, 2024 via BVM Sports Cole Ragans, Royals best Marlins Published June 25th, 2024 via MSN Cole Ragans Strikes Out 11 In Monday's Win Published June 25th, 2024	Tanner Houck Swiftly Shuts Down Question After Ugly Birthday Outing Published June 30th, 2024 via NESN Red Sox's Tanner Houck: Flattened by Friars Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Red Sox take another big hit from Padres, who spoil Tanner Houck's birthday in blowout fashion Published June 29th, 2024 via The Boston Globe Red Sox Tanner Houck's Struggles and Softball-Style Pitches: What Happened? Published June 29th, 2024 via BVM Sports Tanner Houck, dominant to this point, pummeled for 8 runs in career-worst outing Published June 29th, 2024 via The New York Times Tanner Houck gives up season-high seven earned runs to Padres Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Tanner Houck reflects after allowing three home runs in Red Sox' blowout loss vs. Padres Published June 29th, 2024 via Boston.com Padres spoil Tanner Houck's birthday, rout Red Sox 11-1 Published June 29th, 2024 via Boston Herald

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