Should I start Ildemaro Vargas or Austin Riley?

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Austin Riley · Side (Day To Day)

Current Week's Projections

FPTS

10.58

9.49

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon May 20	vs.MIN (Lopez)	72°
Tue May 21	vs.MIN (Ryan)	66°
Wed May 22	vs.MIN (Woods Richardson)	88°
Fri May 24	vs.SEA (Kirby)	67°
Sat May 25	vs.SEA (Gilbert)	84°
Sun May 26	vs.SEA (Woo)	Not Currently Available

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon May 20	vs.SD (Cease)	81°
Mon May 20	vs.SD (Vasquez)	75°
Tue May 21	@CHC (Assad)	73°
Wed May 22	@CHC (Steele)	64°
Thu May 23	@CHC (Hendricks)	74°
Fri May 24	@PIT (Falter)	64°
Sat May 25	@PIT (Keller)	75°
Sun May 26	@PIT (Perez)	Not Currently Available

Batting

17.32

16.54

1.85

2.68

4.87

4.31

1.43

.88

.08

.09

.65

RBI

1.42

2.31

.03

1.64

4.39

1.96

1.57

AVG

.281

.260

OBP

.355

.330

SLG

.380

.441

OPS

.735

.770

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Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	57.0	72.0
AB	79	147
R	9	22
H	24	36
2B	9	8
3B	0	2
HR	0	3
RBI	6	18
SB	3	0
K	7	39
BB	13	14
AVG	.304	.245
OBP	.402	.319
SLG	.418	.388
OPS	.820	.707

Recent News
	Nationals' Ildemaro Vargas: Steals third bag of season Published May 16th, 2024 via CBS Sports Ildemaro Vargas - MLB Third base - News, Stats, Bio and more - The Athletic Published May 13th, 2024 via The New York Times Ildemaro Vargas' RBI double \| 05/08/2024 \| Washington Nationals Published May 8th, 2024 via MLB.com Ildemaro Vargas in lineup Thursday Published May 2nd, 2024 via FantasyPros Ildemaro Vargas' run-scoring knock \| 04/29/2024 \| Washington Nationals Published April 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Nationals' Ildemaro Vargas: Steals home Sunday Published April 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Ildemaro Vargas steals home \| 04/28/2024 \| Washington Nationals Published April 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Ildemaro Vargas makes a diving stop \| 04/25/2024 \| Washington Nationals Published April 25th, 2024 via MLB.com	Austin Riley Sitting Out Second Game Of Doubleheader Published May 20th, 2024 Austin Riley Remains Out For Game 1 Published May 20th, 2024 Braves: Austin Riley could need IL stint Published May 20th, 2024 via sportstalkatl.com Fantasy Baseball Injuries - Week 9: Austin Riley, Jung Hoo Lee, & More Published May 20th, 2024 via FantasyAlarm Braves' Austin Riley: Out again for first game Published May 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports Austin Riley (side) expected to resume swinging soon Published May 19th, 2024 via FantasyPros Austin Riley Not In Sunday's Lineup Published May 19th, 2024 Braves' Austin Riley takes major step toward injury return Published May 19th, 2024 via ClutchPoints

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