Should I start Jake McCarthy or Max Kepler?

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Current Week's Projections

FPTS

11.33

10.41

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue Jul 2	@LAD (Miller)	68°
Wed Jul 3	@LAD (Stone)	73°
Thu Jul 4	@LAD (Knack)	78°
Fri Jul 5	@SD (Vasquez)	72°
Sat Jul 6	@SD (Waldron)	73°
Sun Jul 7	@SD (Cease)	77°

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue Jul 2	vs.DET (Skubal)	69°
Wed Jul 3	vs.DET (Montero)	70°
Thu Jul 4	vs.DET (Maeda)	64°
Fri Jul 5	vs.HOU (TBA)	65°
Sat Jul 6	vs.HOU (Brown)	81°
Sun Jul 7	vs.HOU (Arrighetti)	82°

Batting

20.49

20.26

2.8

2.63

5.33

4.99

.75

1.49

.07

.01

.31

.64

RBI

1.96

2.33

1.24

.12

4.09

4.58

2.24

1.47

AVG

.260

.246

OBP

.348

.303

SLG

.350

.416

OPS

.698

.719

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Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	113.0	110.0
AB	187	208
R	27	27
H	52	52
2B	7	16
3B	2	0
HR	3	6
RBI	19	28
SB	12	1
K	38	46
BB	21	14
AVG	.278	.250
OBP	.366	.304
SLG	.385	.414
OPS	.751	.717

Recent News
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