Should I start Jose Alvarado or Cade Smith?

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Current Week's Projections

FPTS

9.63

10.44

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Jun 24	@DET (24th) (Mize)	76°
Tue Jun 25	@DET (24th) (Skubal)	77°
Wed Jun 26	@DET (24th) (Holton)	73°
Thu Jun 27	vs.MIA (28th) (Rogers)	76°
Fri Jun 28	vs.MIA (28th) (Tyler)	69°
Sat Jun 29	vs.MIA (28th) (Munoz)	82°
Sun Jun 30	vs.MIA (28th) (Chirinos)	86°

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Jun 24	@BAL (7th) (Povich)	81°
Tue Jun 25	@BAL (7th) (Irvin)	80°
Wed Jun 26	@BAL (7th) (Rodriguez)	86°
Thu Jun 27	@KC (9th) (Wacha)	80°
Fri Jun 28	@KC (9th) (Marsh)	84°
Sat Jun 29	@KC (9th) (Ragans)	81°
Sun Jun 30	@KC (9th) (Lugo)	72°

Pitching

.07

.21

.18

.09

.75

.12

2.2

3.1

1.89

2.95

.95

.99

3.19

5.18

.94

1.05

ERA

3.88

2.87

WHIP

1.29

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Pitching
Season Statistics
FPTS	117.0	107.0
W	1	3
L	3	1
SV	12	1
IP	33.0	36.2
H	23	25
ER	12	8
K	36	48
BB	12	9
ERA	3.27	1.99
WHIP	1.06	.94

Recent News
	Jose Alvarado's Slump Exposes Phillies' Bullpen Gaps Published June 17th, 2024 via South Philly Review Phillies' Jose Alvarado: Secures 12th save Published June 12th, 2024 via CBS Sports Why Soto over Strahm? What happened with Alvarado? Thomson on bullpen moves Published June 9th, 2024 via NBC Sports Philadelphia Why Soto over Strahm? What happened with Alvarado? Thomson on bullpen moves Published June 9th, 2024 via NBC Sports Philadelphia Phillies' Jose Alvarado: Blows second save Published June 9th, 2024 via CBS Sports An emergency Phillies-Red Sox trade after another Jose Alvarado blown save Published June 9th, 2024 via MSN Alvarado wilder than he's been in years as Phillies leave London with a loss Published June 9th, 2024 via NBC Sports Philadelphia An emergency Phillies-Red Sox trade after another Jose Alvarado blown save Published June 9th, 2024 via FanSided	Guardians Pitcher Cade Smith Reflects On His MLB Debut \| Home Grown Published June 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Cade Smith's Fastball, Examined Published June 27th, 2024 via FanGraphs How 'next man up' mentality helps Cade Smith thrive with Guardians Published June 23rd, 2024 via Sportsnet.ca Abbotsford's Cade Smith named to Team Canada for World Baseball Classic Published June 8th, 2024 via Abbotsford News Guardians' Cade Smith: Tagged with loss Friday Published June 7th, 2024 via CBS Sports Guardians' Cade Smith: Secures another win Published June 5th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Cade Smith throws to first base to hold Kansas City Royals\' Bobby Witt Jr. on the ... Published June 3rd, 2024 via The Gazette Guardians' Cade Smith: Collects second win Published May 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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