Should I start Matt Thaiss or Austin Barnes?

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Today's Projections

FPTS

1.26

0.95

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Wed Jul 3	@OAK (Estes)	62°

Date	Opponent	Weather
Wed Jul 3	vs.ARI (TBA)	71°

Batting

3.26

3.1

.37

.31

.62

.18

.09

.08

.05

RBI

.36

.24

.01

.02

1.08

.82

.48

.34

AVG

.214

.200

OBP

.316

.284

SLG

.342

.277

OPS

.658

.561

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Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	22.0	12.0
AB	65	72
R	7	5
H	14	15
2B	6	2
3B	0	0
HR	1	0
RBI	7	4
SB	0	0
K	25	22
BB	10	8
AVG	.215	.208
OBP	.320	.288
SLG	.354	.236
OPS	.674	.524

Recent News
	Angels' Matt Thaiss: Getting start with O'Hoppe resting Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Angels' Matt Thaiss: Slugs homer Sunday Published May 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Matt Thaiss in lineup Sunday Published May 26th, 2024 via FantasyPros Matt Thaiss in lineup Wednesday Published May 22nd, 2024 via FantasyPros Matt Thaiss Career Stats - MLB - - ESPN (SG) Published May 9th, 2024 via ESPN Guardians nab Matt Thaiss at the plate \| 05/05/2024 Published May 5th, 2024 via MLB.com Angels' Matt Thaiss returning to bench Monday Published April 22nd, 2024 via numberFire Catcher Matt Thaiss Believes Jose Soriano Suffered From 'Bad Luck' In First Start Published April 18th, 2024 via MSN	Dodgers' Austin Barnes: Draws start in series finale Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Austin Barnes: Dodgers Travel Schedule 'Wears On Your Body' Published June 5th, 2024 via MSN Austin Barnes: Dodgers Travel Schedule 'Wears On Your Body' Published June 4th, 2024 via DodgerBlue.com Dodgers' Austin Barnes: Filling in for resting Will Smith Published May 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Dodgers' Austin Barnes: Fills in for resting Will Smith Published May 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Austin Barnes in the lineup Sunday Published May 26th, 2024 via FantasyPros Austin Barnes in lineup Thursday Published May 16th, 2024 via FantasyPros Austin Barnes catching for Dodgers on Thursday Published May 16th, 2024 via FanDuel Research

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