Should I start Graham Ashcraft or Luis Ortiz?

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Graham Ashcraft

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Current Week's Projections

FPTS

10.71

6.68

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon May 13	@ARI (7th) (Montgomery)	Indoor
Sat May 18	@LAD (2nd) (Buehler)	60°

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon May 13	@MIL (6th) (Rea)	Indoor
Tue May 14	@MIL (6th) (Ross)	Indoor
Wed May 15	@MIL (6th) (Gasser)	Indoor
Thu May 16	@CHC (11th) (Steele)	66°
Fri May 17	@CHC (11th) (Hendricks)	72°
Sat May 18	@CHC (11th) (Imanaga)	81°
Sun May 19	@CHC (11th) (Taillon)	70°

Pitching

.64

.26

.77

.35

10.2

4.2

12.67

4.05

6.36

2.28

9.42

4.91

4.67

3.19

ERA

5.61

4.88

WHIP

1.70

1.73

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Pitching
Season Statistics
FPTS	71.0	47.0
W	3	2
L	3	2
SV	0	0
IP	48.2	23.2
H	51	15
ER	23	8
K	40	20
BB	18	13
ERA	4.29	3.10
WHIP	1.43	1.21

Recent News
	Why Graham Ashcraft's ultimate destination may be the Reds bullpen Published May 18th, 2024 via Blog Red Machine Graham Ashcraft Stumbles, Reds Fall Short in Tight Contest Published May 14th, 2024 via FantasyPros Reds' Graham Ashcraft: Chased after four innings Published May 13th, 2024 via CBS Sports Graham Ashcraft's three strikeouts \| 05/13/2024 \| Cincinnati Reds Published May 13th, 2024 via MLB.com Graham Ashcraft - MLB Starting pitcher - News, Stats, Bio and more - The Athletic Published May 13th, 2024 via The New York Times Graham Ashcraft and the Reds will look for revenge against the Arizona Diamondbacks Published May 13th, 2024 via Athlon Sports Reds, Graham Ashcraft look to get on track against Arizona Diamondbacks Published May 13th, 2024 via The Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati Reds vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction: Can Graham Ashcraft Excel on Road Against Diamondbacks? Published May 13th, 2024 via OddsChecker	Luis Ortiz shines in new bullpen role with the Pirates, showcasing improved control and dominant slider Published May 10th, 2024 via BVM Sports Luis Ortiz is Finally Having Success in New Relief Role Published May 10th, 2024 via Rum Bunter Luis Ortiz embracing bullpen role, demonstrating value as reliever for Pirates Published May 8th, 2024 via TribLIVE Luis Ortiz goes through a new growing pain as a reliever in Pirates loss Published April 24th, 2024 via DKPittsburghSports.com Pirates' Luis Ortiz: Poor outing in loss Published April 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports 'He's growing up': How Luis Ortiz has learned to embrace his new role in the bullpen Published April 12th, 2024 via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Luis Ortiz could become a high-leverage bullpen arm for the Pittsburgh Pirates Published April 1st, 2024 via BVM Sports Luis Ortiz could become a high-leverage bullpen arm for the Pittsburgh Pirates Published April 1st, 2024 via Rum Bunter

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