Should I start Nico Hoerner or Santiago Espinal?

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Nico Hoerner

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Santiago Espinal

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CHC · 2B,SS

CIN · 2B,3B

Current Week's Projections

FPTS

12.24

7.91

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue Jul 2	vs.PHI (Mercado)	73°
Wed Jul 3	vs.PHI (Wheeler)	75°
Thu Jul 4	vs.PHI (Sanchez)	64°
Fri Jul 5	vs.LAA (Canning)	72°
Sat Jul 6	vs.LAA (Anderson)	Not Currently Available
Sun Jul 7	vs.LAA (Soriano)	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

22.11

17.71

3.06

1.32

5.34

3.23

.99

.28

.03

.28

.44

RBI

1.64

2.04

1.04

.69

2.87

2.11

2.13

1.15

AVG

.242

.183

OBP

.323

.228

SLG

.328

.272

OPS

.650

.500

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Start Nico Hoerner or Marcus Semien Start Nico Hoerner or Andres Gimenez Start Nico Hoerner or Willi Castro Start Nico Hoerner or Brendan Donovan Start Nico Hoerner or Nick Gonzales	Start Santiago Espinal or Jorge Polanco Start Santiago Espinal or Gavin Lux Start Santiago Espinal or Nick Loftin Start Santiago Espinal or Nolan Gorman Start Santiago Espinal or Kody Clemens

Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	165.0	79.0
AB	282	172
R	40	13
H	69	33
2B	14	3
3B	1	0
HR	4	4
RBI	21	21
SB	14	7
K	36	22
BB	29	12
AVG	.245	.192
OBP	.331	.239
SLG	.344	.279
OPS	.675	.518

Recent News
	Cubs' Nico Hoerner: Provides offense Sunday Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Nico Hoerner's leadoff homer (4) \| 06/30/2024 Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Watch: Nico Hoerner Leads Off with Solo Bomb in Rubber Match Against Brewers Published June 30th, 2024 via Cubs Insider Nico Hoerner Props: June 29, Cubs vs. Brewers Published June 29th, 2024 via For The Win Nico Hoerner Props: June 28, Cubs vs. Brewers Published June 28th, 2024 via For The Win Nico Hoerner Hits Homer In Win Published June 28th, 2024 Cubs' Nico Hoerner: Goes deep, swipes bag in win Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Nico Hoerner's two-run home run (3) \| 06/27/2024 Published June 27th, 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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