Should I start Nick Loftin or Santiago Espinal?

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KC · 2B,1B

CIN · 2B,3B

Current Week's Projections

FPTS

9.15

7.91

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue Jul 2	vs.TB (Littell)	73°
Wed Jul 3	vs.TB (Pepiot)	75°
Thu Jul 4	vs.TB (Eflin)	72°
Fri Jul 5	@COL (Freeland)	77°
Sat Jul 6	@COL (Gomber)	Not Currently Available
Sun Jul 7	@COL (Feltner)	Not Currently Available

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue Jul 2	@NYY (Gil)	73°
Wed Jul 3	@NYY (Rodon)	72°
Thu Jul 4	@NYY (Stroman)	82°
Fri Jul 5	vs.DET (Olson)	75°
Sat Jul 6	vs.DET (Mize)	Not Currently Available
Sun Jul 7	vs.DET (Skubal)	Not Currently Available

Batting

17.34

17.71

2.37

1.32

4.04

3.23

.61

.28

.44

RBI

2.21

2.04

.21

.69

3.26

2.11

2.37

1.15

AVG

.233

.183

OBP

.323

.228

SLG

.303

.272

OPS

.626

.500

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Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	54.0	79.0
AB	111	172
R	14	13
H	23	33
2B	3	3
3B	0	0
HR	1	4
RBI	13	21
SB	1	7
K	21	22
BB	18	12
AVG	.207	.192
OBP	.318	.239
SLG	.261	.279
OPS	.579	.518

Recent News
	Royals' Nick Loftin: Nabs steal Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Nick Loftin's RBI single \| 06/26/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Royals' Nick Loftin: Could be on outs for everyday role Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Nick Loftin: Hitless out of leadoff spot Sunday Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Nick Loftin Making Big-League Debut For Royals Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN Nick Loftin hits first career home run, celebrates milestone with teammates Published June 20th, 2024 via BVM Sports Royals' Nick Loftin hits first career home run Published June 20th, 2024 via MLB.com Royals' Nick Loftin hits first career home run Published June 20th, 2024 via MLB.com	Reds' Santiago Espinal: Sitting in second straight game Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Reds' Santiago Espinal: Gets another turn at 3B Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Santiago Espinal's barehanded play \| 06/26/2024 \| Cincinnati Reds Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Reds' Santiago Espinal: Playing time trending upward Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Santiago Espinal's RBI single \| 06/23/2024 \| Cincinnati Reds Published June 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com Cincinnati Reds Roster Update: Santiago Espinal's Survival amidst Noelvi Marte's Return Published June 22nd, 2024 via BVM Sports How Santiago Espinal could survive Reds' roster crunch upon Noelvi Marte's return Published June 22nd, 2024 via Blog Red Machine Reds' Santiago Espinal: Gets another start Published June 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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