Should I start Braden Shewmake or Paul DeJong?

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Current Week's Projections

FPTS

2.98

5.59

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Apr 29	vs.MIN (Ryan)	64°
Tue Apr 30	vs.MIN (Woods Richardson)	66°
Wed May 1	vs.MIN (Ober)	70°
Fri May 3	@STL (Gray)	61°
Sat May 4	@STL (Lynn)	75°
Sun May 5	@STL (Matz)	Not Currently Available

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Apr 29	vs.MIN (Ryan)	64°
Tue Apr 30	vs.MIN (Woods Richardson)	66°
Wed May 1	vs.MIN (Ober)	70°
Fri May 3	@STL (Gray)	61°
Sat May 4	@STL (Lynn)	75°
Sun May 5	@STL (Matz)	Not Currently Available

Batting

7.94

.76

1.88

1.53

3.99

.35

.88

.17

.84

RBI

2.21

.42

.09

1.56

7.17

.39

1.19

AVG

.193

.199

OBP

.228

.253

SLG

.300

.369

OPS

.528

.622

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Start Braden Shewmake or Nick Allen Start Braden Shewmake or David Hamilton	Start Paul DeJong or Nick Ahmed Start Paul DeJong or Tim Anderson Start Paul DeJong or Gabriel Arias Start Paul DeJong or Darell Hernaiz Start Paul DeJong or Addison Barger

Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	16.0	11.0
AB	41	68
R	3	5
H	7	14
2B	2	4
3B	0	0
HR	1	3
RBI	2	6
SB	4	0
K	6	30
BB	1	3
AVG	.171	.206
OBP	.186	.260
SLG	.293	.397
OPS	.479	.657

Recent News
	White Sox's Braden Shewmake: Breaks hitless streak Published April 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Braden Shewmake steals home \| 04/24/2024 \| Chicago White Sox Published April 24th, 2024 via MLB.com Braden Shewmake sitting for White Sox Monday Published April 22nd, 2024 via numberFire White Sox's Braden Shewmake: Retreats to bench Published April 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports First Of Many: Braden Shewmake's 1st Career MLB Hit & Home Run (3.30.24) Published April 22nd, 2024 via BVM Sports Braden Shewmake Defensive HIGHLIGHTS vs. the Phillies (4.21.24) Published April 21st, 2024 via BVM Sports Braden Shewmake's diving play \| 04/21/2024 \| Chicago White Sox Published April 21st, 2024 via MLB.com White Sox's Braden Shewmake operating third base on Friday Published April 19th, 2024 via numberFire	White Sox's Paul DeJong: Out of Sunday's lineup Published April 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Paul DeJong's RBI single \| 04/26/2024 \| Chicago White Sox Published April 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Paul DeJong's RBI single \| 04/25/2024 \| Chicago White Sox Published April 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Paul DeJong (arm) back in White Sox's lineup Monday Published April 22nd, 2024 via numberFire White Sox's Paul DeJong: Hitting sixth in return to lineup Published April 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Paul DeJong sitting Sunday for Chicago Published April 21st, 2024 via FanDuel Research Paul DeJong sitting Sunday for Chicago Published April 21st, 2024 via numberFire White Sox's Paul DeJong: Not in Sunday's lineup Published April 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports

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CeeDee Lamb (DAL)	403
Josh Allen (BUF)	393
Christian McCaffrey (SF)	391
Tyreek Hill (MIA)	376
Jalen Hurts (PHI)	357
Dak Prescott (DAL)	343
Lamar Jackson (BAL)	331
Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET)	331
Jordan Love (GB)	319
Puka Nacua (LAR)	299
Brock Purdy (SF)	296
Breece Hall (NYJ)	291
Jared Goff (DET)	291
A.J. Brown (PHI)	290
D.J. Moore (CHI)	287
Mike Evans (TB)	283
Travis Etienne (JAX)	282
Patrick Mahomes (KC)	280
Keenan Allen (CHI)	279

End of Season Results
Nikola Jokic (DEN)	4820.3
Luka Doncic (DAL)	4618.0
Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL)	4328.0
Domantas Sabonis (SAC)	4320.0
Anthony Davis (LAL)	4052.8
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC)	3884.3
LeBron James (LAL)	3613.5
Jayson Tatum (BOS)	3579.5
Victor Wembanyama (SA)	3567.3
Jalen Brunson (NY)	3530.5
Kevin Durant (PHX)	3523.8
Anthony Edwards (MIN)	3468.0
De'Aaron Fox (SAC)	3401.0
Paolo Banchero (ORL)	3345.0
Dejounte Murray (ATL)	3332.3
Tyrese Haliburton (IND)	3204.8
DeMar DeRozan (CHI)	3204.0
Stephen Curry (GS)	3185.0
Damian Lillard (MIL)	3148.5

Current Week (4/29 - 5/5)
Joe Ryan (MIN)	30.66
Logan Webb (SF)	25.07
Juan Soto (NYY)	24.83
Max Fried (ATL)	24.52
Bryce Miller (SEA)	23.54
Mookie Betts (LAD)	22.80
Nick Lodolo (CIN)	22.34
Bailey Falter (PIT)	22.29
CJ Abrams (WSH)	21.92
Grayson Rodriguez (BAL)	21.78
Ryan Pepiot (TB)	21.78
Shohei Ohtani (LAD)	21.74
Gunnar Henderson (BAL)	20.77
Sean Manaea (NYM)	20.63
Kyle Tucker (HOU)	20.29
Jose Altuve (HOU)	19.83
Ronald Acuna (ATL)	19.82
Jose Ramirez (CLE)	19.58
Yordan Alvarez (HOU)	19.57

End of Season Results
Nathan MacKinnon (COL)	1262
Auston Matthews (TOR)	1112
Nikita Kucherov (TB)	1096
Connor McDavid (EDM)	1027
David Pastrnak (BOS)	1011
Artemi Panarin (NYR)	990
Filip Forsberg (NSH)	924
Mikko Rantanen (COL)	909
Sam Reinhart (FLA)	893
Kirill Kaprizov (MIN)	870
Roman Josi (NSH)	868
Cale Makar (COL)	866
J.T. Miller (VAN)	864
William Nylander (TOR)	857
Leon Draisaitl (EDM)	856
Zach Hyman (EDM)	826
Sidney Crosby (PIT)	806
Evan Bouchard (EDM)	805
Quinn Hughes (VAN)	789

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Geno Smith (SEA)	+7.61%
Khalil Herbert (CHI)	+7.60%
Jayden Reed (GB)	+6.13%
Justin Fields (PIT)	+5.17%
Jordan Love (GB)	+4.91%
James Conner (ARI)	+3.94%

Javonte Green (CHI)	+14.41%
Scotty Pippen (MEM)	+12.31%
Jordan Goodwin (MEM)	+12.13%
Jabari Walker (POR)	+10.74%
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Omer Yurtseven (UTAH)	+9.78%
Julian Champagnie (SA)	+8.22%
Trey Jemison (MEM)	+7.30%
Payton Pritchard (BOS)	+6.77%
Dalano Banton (POR)	+6.57%

J.D. Martinez (NYM)	+60.17%
Heston Kjerstad (BAL)	+57.08%
Bryce Elder (ATL)	+54.43%
Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC)	+53.89%
Mitchell Parker (WSH)	+37.64%
Travis d'Arnaud (ATL)	+35.99%
Wilyer Abreu (BOS)	+30.19%
Reed Garrett (NYM)	+30.16%
Hunter Goodman (COL)	+27.92%
Simeon Woods Richardson (MIN)	+27.75%

Jesper Wallstedt (MIN)	+31.96%
Andrei Kuzmenko (CGY)	+11.50%
Marat Khusnutdinov (MIN)	+10.16%
Brayden Schenn (STL)	+8.66%
David Perron (DET)	+6.79%
Chandler Stephenson (VGS)	+6.31%
James Reimer (DET)	+6.19%
Alex Nedeljkovic (PIT)	+6.00%
Spencer Martin (CAR)	+5.84%
Michael Bunting (PIT)	+5.80%

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Tyler Stephenson (CIN)
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Alec Bohm (PHI)
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Joey Wendle (NYM)
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Garrett Crochet (CHW)
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Arturs Silovs (VAN)
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Riley Tufte (COL)
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Jean-Luc Foudy (COL)
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Matt Martin (NYI)
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Jack Ahcan (COL)
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