Should I start Juan Soto or Yainer Diaz?

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Juan Soto

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NYY · RF,LF

HOU · C,DH

Current Week's Projections

FPTS

22.64

14.30

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue Jul 2	vs.CIN (Ashcraft)	74°
Wed Jul 3	vs.CIN (Abbott)	73°
Thu Jul 4	vs.CIN (Montas)	83°
Fri Jul 5	vs.BOS (Houck)	73°
Sat Jul 6	vs.BOS (Winckowski)	84°
Sun Jul 7	vs.BOS (Crawford)	80°

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Jul 1	@TOR (Rodriguez)	Indoor
Tue Jul 2	@TOR (Berrios)	Indoor
Wed Jul 3	@TOR (Kikuchi)	Indoor
Thu Jul 4	@TOR (Bassitt)	Indoor
Fri Jul 5	@MIN (Lopez)	65°
Sat Jul 6	@MIN (Ryan)	81°
Sun Jul 7	@MIN (Woods Richardson)	82°

Batting

22.22

25.17

5.05

3.15

6.36

6.85

.89

1.19

.11

.06

1.61

RBI

4.12

3.55

.31

.06

4.57

3.7

5.41

.98

AVG

.286

.272

OBP

.424

.297

SLG

.554

.408

OPS

.979

.705

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Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	312.0	162.0
AB	294	277
R	69	34
H	89	77
2B	12	13
3B	3	2
HR	20	7
RBI	61	41
SB	4	1
K	60	40
BB	71	11
AVG	.303	.278
OBP	.437	.303
SLG	.568	.415
OPS	1.005	.718

Recent News
	Yankees confident Juan Soto's hand injury is thing of past Published July 2nd, 2024 via New York Post Yankees Notebook: Team hopes to turn page, Juan Soto's hand is good to go Published July 2nd, 2024 via New York Daily News Yankees Report Good News On Juan Soto After Injury Scare Published July 2nd, 2024 via Pinstripes Nation Yankees Provide Promising Update on Juan Soto After Injury Scare Published July 2nd, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Yankees Notes: Juan Soto in 'good spot' with hand; Giancarlo Stanton, Clarke Schmidt on track Published July 2nd, 2024 via sny.tv Juan Soto To The Dodgers? It May Not Be As Unlikely As It Sounds Published July 2nd, 2024 via Outkick Mets' Juan Soto Pursuit Begins With Francisco Alvarez Sharing Why He'd "Really Like It" if Soto Moved to Queens Published July 2nd, 2024 via EssentiallySports Looking back at Nationals' return in Juan Soto trade with Padres Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com	Sore finger keeps Houston Astros' Yainer Diaz out of lineup in opener vs. Giants Published July 2nd, 2024 via MSN Yainer Diaz 2024 MLB Splits - - ESPN (SG) Published July 1st, 2024 via ESPN Astros' Yainer Diaz: Extends hitting streak to 10 Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Yainer Diaz's RBI single \| 06/30/2024 \| Houston Astros Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Framber Valdez ignores Yainer Diaz, implodes in Astros' loss to Angels Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Astros' Yainer Diaz: Three hits in Wednesday's win Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Yainer Diaz's second RBI knock \| 06/26/2024 \| Houston Astros Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Yainer Diaz's RBI single \| 06/25/2024 \| Houston Astros Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com

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