Should I start Kerry Carpenter or Nelson Velazquez?

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Kerry Carpenter

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DET · DH,RF

KC · DH,RF,LF

Injury Alert

Kerry Carpenter · Back (Day To Day)

Current Week's Projections

FPTS

5.73

8.68

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Jun 17	@ATL (Fried)	85°
Tue Jun 18	@ATL (Schwellenbach)	80°
Wed Jun 19	@ATL (Lopez)	88°
Fri Jun 21	vs.CHW (Fedde)	76°
Sat Jun 22	vs.CHW (Thorpe)	Not Currently Available
Sun Jun 23	vs.CHW (Cannon)	Not Currently Available

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue Jun 18	@OAK (Harris)	51°
Wed Jun 19	@OAK (Medina)	54°
Thu Jun 20	@OAK (Spence)	69°
Fri Jun 21	@TEX (Eovaldi)	Indoor
Sat Jun 22	@TEX (Dunning)	Indoor
Sun Jun 23	@TEX (Gray)	Indoor

Batting

9.31

18.89

1.25

2.83

2.5

3.73

.53

.77

.13

.01

.46

.81

RBI

1.49

2.71

.04

.22

2.41

5.78

1.74

AVG

.269

.197

OBP

.325

.270

SLG

.501

.369

OPS

.827

.639

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Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	106.0	91.0
AB	145	195
R	21	30
H	41	40
2B	10	8
3B	4	1
HR	8	8
RBI	29	27
SB	0	2
K	38	60
BB	11	18
AVG	.283	.205
OBP	.342	.279
SLG	.572	.380
OPS	.914	.658

Recent News
	Tigers are missing Kerry Carpenter's bat as his uncertain recovery continues Published June 13th, 2024 via The New York Times Detroit Tigers slugger Kerry Carpenter reveals timeline for return from back injury Published June 13th, 2024 via Detroit Free Press Detroit Tigers Suffer The Impact of Kerry Carpenter's Lumbar Spine Stress Fracture Recovery Published June 13th, 2024 via BVM Sports What's Next for the Detroit Tigers Without Kerry Carpenter? Published June 11th, 2024 via MSN Kerry Carpenter's 2-run homer sends the Tigers to a 2-1 victory over the Blue Jays Published June 10th, 2024 via Yahoo Eurosport UK Tigers slugger Kerry Carpenter getting treatment after back injury Published June 9th, 2024 via MLive.com Tigers injury update: Jack Flaherty's next start in question, Kerry Carpenter's rehab Published June 7th, 2024 via Motor City Bengals Riley Greene, Spencer Torkelson, Kerry Carpenter plan to reunite trio Published June 7th, 2024 via MLB.com	Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Not starting Sunday Published June 16th, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Getting breather Friday Published June 14th, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Nabs rare steal Published June 8th, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Exiting starting nine Thursday Published June 6th, 2024 via CBS Sports How Nelson Velazquez, Nick Loftin gave Royals walk-off win Published June 3rd, 2024 via Kansas City Star How a Royals rally Friday (that fell short) sparked KC's walk-off thriller Sunday Published June 3rd, 2024 via Kansas City Star Nelson Velazquez's ninth-inning triple sparks KC Royals' comeback against Padres Published June 3rd, 2024 via AOL Nelson Velazquez's ninth-inning triple sparks KC Royals' comeback against Padres Published June 2nd, 2024 via Yahoo Sports

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