Should I start Ryan Walker or David Bednar?

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Ryan Walker

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SF · RP,SP

PIT · RP

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David Bednar · Oblique (Out)

Current Week's Projections

FPTS

11.16

0.00

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Jun 24	vs.CHC (17th) (Steele)	54°
Tue Jun 25	vs.CHC (17th) (Hendricks)	58°
Wed Jun 26	vs.CHC (17th) (Wesneski)	57°
Thu Jun 27	vs.CHC (17th) (Imanaga)	61°
Fri Jun 28	vs.LAD (5th) (TBA)	54°
Sat Jun 29	vs.LAD (5th) (Glasnow)	60°
Sun Jun 30	vs.LAD (5th) (Paxton)	64°

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Jun 24	@CIN (26th) (Spiers)	79°
Tue Jun 25	@CIN (26th) (Greene)	78°
Wed Jun 26	@CIN (26th) (Ashcraft)	77°
Fri Jun 28	@ATL (10th) (Morton)	81°
Sat Jun 29	@ATL (10th) (Fried)	95°
Sun Jun 30	@ATL (10th) (Schwellenbach)	99°

Pitching

.24

.22

.07

3.2

2.53

.98

5.19

1.01

ERA

2.75

WHIP

1.11

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Pitching
Season Statistics
FPTS	117.0	131.0
W	4	3
L	3	3
SV	0	16
IP	40.1	31.1
H	28	28
ER	10	18
K	53	32
BB	8	7
ERA	2.24	5.21
WHIP	.90	1.13

Recent News
	Giants' Ryan Walker: Stuck with loss Saturday Published June 15th, 2024 via CBS Sports San Francisco reliever Ryan Walker proud to be one of three ex-Cougars in MLB Published June 11th, 2024 via The Spokesman Review Giants' Ryan Walker: Picks up fourth win Published May 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Giants' Ryan Walker: Returns Friday Published May 18th, 2024 via CBS Sports Giants' Ryan Walker: Dealing with back tightness Published May 15th, 2024 via CBS Sports Giants' Ryan Walker: Collects third win Published May 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Ryan Walker impressing as leverage arm in Giants' bullpen Published May 1st, 2024 via MLB.com San Francisco Giants: Blake Snell Injured - Ryan Walker Steps In, Landen Roupp Recalled Published April 24th, 2024 via BVM Sports	Bucs Arghticles: Pirates place David Bednar on IL Published June 25th, 2024 via Bucs Dugout With David Bednar on injured list, Pirates bullpen gets new look Published June 23rd, 2024 via TribLIVE How Pirates Plan to Handle Closer Role in David Bednar's Absence Published June 23rd, 2024 via Pittsburgh Baseball Now David Bednar Placed On Injured List Sunday Published June 23rd, 2024 David Bednar placed on injured list; Martin Perez nearing return to Pirates Published June 23rd, 2024 via DKPittsburghSports.com Pirates place David Bednar (oblique) on 15-day IL Published June 23rd, 2024 via Cedar Valley Daily Times Bednar heads to IL with strained left oblique Published June 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com David Bednar sidelined with injury to oblique Published June 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com

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