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Current Week's Projections

FPTS

13.06

5.32

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Apr 29	vs.KC (Bowlan)	Indoor
Tue Apr 30	vs.KC (Ragans)	Indoor
Wed May 1	vs.KC (Lugo)	Indoor
Fri May 3	@WSH (Corbin)	58°
Sat May 4	@WSH (Irvin)	55°
Sun May 5	@WSH (Gore)	Not Currently Available

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Apr 29	@OAK (Boyle)	57°
Tue Apr 30	@OAK (Wood)	49°
Wed May 1	@OAK (Stripling)	69°
Fri May 3	vs.COL (Quantrill)	62°
Sat May 4	vs.COL (Gomber)	72°
Sun May 5	vs.COL (Feltner)	Not Currently Available

Batting

22.16

9.58

3.05

1.24

5.5

2.51

.92

.45

.04

.81

.32

RBI

2.27

1.07

.24

4.31

1.94

2.54

AVG

.248

.262

OBP

.325

.316

SLG

.402

.419

OPS

.727

.735

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	Start George Springer or Marcell Ozuna Start George Springer or Eloy Jimenez Start George Springer or Justin Turner Start George Springer or Joey Meneses Start George Springer or Andrew McCutchen	Start Edward Olivares or Ramon Laureano Start Edward Olivares or Lawrence Butler Start Edward Olivares or Jose Azocar Start Edward Olivares or Seth Brown

Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	52.0	33.0
AB	110	60
R	11	9
H	24	14
2B	4	1
3B	0	0
HR	3	3
RBI	5	8
SB	3	0
K	18	13
BB	14	5
AVG	.218	.233
OBP	.307	.303
SLG	.336	.400
OPS	.643	.703

Recent News
	George Springer makes terrific diving catch vs. Dodgers Published April 28th, 2024 via MLB.com George Springer's diving grab \| 04/28/2024 Published April 28th, 2024 via MLB.com George Springer, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette off to slow starts Published April 28th, 2024 via MLB.com George Springer batting leadoff for Jays Sunday Published April 28th, 2024 via FanDuel Research George Springer back in lineup Sunday Published April 28th, 2024 via FantasyPros George Springer Resting Against Dodgers Published April 27th, 2024 George Springer sitting for Blue Jays Saturday afternoon Published April 27th, 2024 via FanDuel Research Blue Jays' George Springer: Sitting Saturday Published April 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Edward Olivares' leaping grab \| 04/26/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published April 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Edward Olivares not in lineup for Pirates on Sunday Published April 21st, 2024 via numberFire Pirates Thriving After Acquiring Rising Star Edward Olivares Published April 20th, 2024 via BVM Sports Edward Olivares' swing change pays off with Pirates Published April 20th, 2024 via MLB.com Edward Olivares in lineup for Pirates on Saturday Published April 20th, 2024 via numberFire Edward Olivares' RBI groundout \| 04/19/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published April 19th, 2024 via MLB.com Pittsburgh's Edward Olivares sitting on Friday Published April 19th, 2024 via FanDuel Research Pittsburgh's Edward Olivares sitting on Friday Published April 19th, 2024 via numberFire

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