Should I start Hayden Birdsong or Luis Castillo?

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Current Week's Projections

FPTS

8.87

10.35

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue Jul 2	@ATL (16th) (Lopez)	82°
Sun Jul 7	@CLE (3rd) (Carrasco)	74°

Date	Opponent	Weather
Fri Jul 5	vs.TOR (15th) (Gausman)	Indoor

Pitching

.36

.33

.34

.41

5.2

6.05

4.7

2.94

2.21

5.89

4.6

2.18

1.73

ERA

5.09

3.83

WHIP

1.58

1.24

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Pitching
Season Statistics
FPTS	19.0	182.0
W	1	6
L	0	9
SV	0	0
IP	9.2	104.2
H	10	98
ER	5	46
K	10	103
BB	5	30
ERA	4.89	3.97
WHIP	1.63	1.23

Recent News
	Giants' Hayden Birdsong: Making next start Tuesday Published July 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports San Francisco Giants Prospect Hayden Birdsong Shines Debut, Compared to Justin Verlander Published June 30th, 2024 via BVM Sports Giants adding Mason Black and Hayden Birdsong to injury-depleted pitching corps Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN ⚾️ Hayden Birdsong's MLB debut Published June 28th, 2024 via Axios Formercoaches saw unstoppable force in Hayden Birdsong Published June 28th, 2024 via Journal Gazette / Times-Courier Birdsong looked like he belonged in MLB after Giants debut Published June 27th, 2024 via NBC Sports Bay Area Hayden Birdsong stood out quickly in minor league system Published June 27th, 2024 via Journal Gazette / Times-Courier Hayden Birdsong Flahes Upside in Debut; SF Giants Take 3 of 4 from Cubs Published June 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports	Mariners' Blockbuster Trade for Luis Castillo: 2 Years Later Published July 2nd, 2024 via SportsGrid Mariners' Pitcher Luis Castillo Made Extremely Rare Team History in Sunday Loss Published July 1st, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Assessing Impact of Luis Castillo Trade: Mariners Winning Big Published July 1st, 2024 via BVM Sports Revisiting the Blockbuster Luis Castillo Trade Now Published July 1st, 2024 via Just Baseball Mariners' Luis Castillo: Surrenders three runs Sunday Published July 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Luis Castillo steps in as a batter after injury forces Mariners to give up the designated hitter Published June 30th, 2024 via The Washington Post Seattle Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo takes rare at-bat Published June 30th, 2024 via Seattle Sports Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo forced to bat after injury to Mitch Garver Published June 30th, 2024 via The Seattle Times

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