Should I start Anthony Rendon or Nolan Arenado?

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Injury Alert

Anthony Rendon · Hamstring (Out)

Current Week's Projections

FPTS

0.00

13.44

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Apr 29	vs.PHI (Sanchez)	66°
Tue Apr 30	vs.PHI (Turnbull)	63°
Wed May 1	vs.PHI (Wheeler)	70°
Fri May 3	@CLE (Bibee)	59°
Sat May 4	@CLE (Lively)	60°
Sun May 5	@CLE (Carrasco)	Not Currently Available

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue Apr 30	@DET (TBA)	Not Currently Available
Tue Apr 30	@DET (TBA)	60°
Wed May 1	@DET (Maeda)	75°
Fri May 3	vs.CHW (TBA)	60°
Sat May 4	vs.CHW (Fedde)	75°
Sun May 5	vs.CHW (Crochet)	Not Currently Available

Batting

22.5

2.66

5.83

1.25

.04

.65

RBI

3.35

.08

3.53

1.78

AVG

.259

OBP

.317

SLG

.404

OPS

.721

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Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	29.0	53.0
AB	75	107
R	9	11
H	20	28
2B	3	6
3B	0	0
HR	0	1
RBI	3	13
SB	3	0
K	15	16
BB	6	8
AVG	.267	.262
OBP	.325	.319
SLG	.307	.346
OPS	.632	.665

Recent News
	Angels' Anthony Rendon expects lengthy recovery beyond 10-day IL window for hamstring injury Published April 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Anthony Rendon Devastated To Learn He Won't Be Playing Baseball For A While Published April 27th, 2024 via Outkick Anthony Rendon Faces Lengthy Recovery From Hamstring Tear Published April 27th, 2024 via RealGM Frustrated Angels 3B Anthony Rendon eyes lengthy recovery Published April 27th, 2024 via Yardbarker Angels' Anthony Rendon Reveals Hamstring Injury Severity After Landing on 10-Day IL Published April 27th, 2024 via Bleacher Report MLB Injury Report: Updates On Anthony Rendon, Zac Gallen, Jasson Dominguez and More Published April 27th, 2024 via EssentiallySports Latest Anthony Rendon injury update sounds awfully familiar to Angels fans Published April 27th, 2024 via Halo Hangout Angels' Anthony Rendon faces lengthy recovery from hamstring tear Published April 27th, 2024 via ESPN	Nolan Arenado scores twice in Cardinals' victory over Mets Published April 28th, 2024 via FantasyPros Ten Hochman: Longest on-base streak in MLB? Cardinals' Nolan Arenado has it. Published April 25th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Nolan Arenado's plate discipline shines in loss Published April 21st, 2024 via FantasyPros Nolan Arenado's RBI double \| 04/20/2024 Published April 20th, 2024 via MLB.com What Nolan Arenado's follow-through reveals about bringing road surge home: Cardinals Extra Published April 17th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Ten Hochman: On Nolan Arenado's 33rd birthday, a look at Cardinals 3B's recent upswing Published April 16th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Nolan Arenado's slick defensive plays Published April 13th, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Sports Nolan Arenado breaks out as Lars Nootbaar rejoins Cardinals Published April 13th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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