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Current Week's Projections

FPTS

8.82

5.75

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Apr 29	vs.LAD (Paxton)	Indoor
Tue Apr 30	vs.LAD (Knack)	Indoor
Wed May 1	vs.LAD (Yamamoto)	Indoor
Fri May 3	vs.SD (Cease)	Indoor
Sat May 4	vs.SD (King)	Indoor
Sun May 5	vs.SD (Waldron)	Indoor

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue Apr 30	@BOS (Criswell)	48°
Wed May 1	@BOS (Crawford)	47°
Thu May 2	@BOS (Winckowski)	65°
Fri May 3	@PHI (Nola)	54°
Sat May 4	@PHI (Suarez)	48°
Sun May 5	@PHI (Walker)	Not Currently Available

Batting

19.21

17.25

1.98

1.47

4.15

4.11

.92

.73

.07

.13

RBI

2.06

1.71

.23

.18

2.69

3.79

.99

.81

AVG

.216

.238

OBP

.257

.280

SLG

.325

.311

OPS

.583

.591

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
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Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	23.0	27.0
AB	49	84
R	5	5
H	8	22
2B	2	3
3B	0	1
HR	2	0
RBI	8	8
SB	0	0
K	8	16
BB	2	3
AVG	.163	.262
OBP	.196	.296
SLG	.327	.321
OPS	.523	.617

Recent News
	Kevin Newman homers in D-Backs' loss Published April 27th, 2024 via FantasyPros Diamondbacks' Kevin Newman: Supplies offense in loss Published April 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Diamondbacks' Kevin Newman: Swats first home run Published April 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Diamondbacks' Kevin Newman starting Monday Published April 22nd, 2024 via numberFire Diamondbacks' Kevin Newman: Fills in at shortstop Published April 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports Kevin Newman sitting for Diamondbacks Sunday Published April 21st, 2024 via numberFire Kevin Newman starting for Arizona Friday night Published April 19th, 2024 via numberFire Kevin Newman absent Tuesday for Arizona Published April 16th, 2024 via numberFire	Giants' Nick Ahmed: On bench Sunday Published April 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports The practicality of Nick Ahmed Published April 25th, 2024 via McCovey Chronicles Giants' Ahmed finds success at plate simply by being himself Published April 22nd, 2024 via NBC Sports Bay Area Nick Ahmed batting last for Giants Monday Published April 15th, 2024 via numberFire Giants' Nick Ahmed: Gets Sunday off Published April 14th, 2024 via CBS Sports Giants' Nick Ahmed: Big day in rout Published April 11th, 2024 via CBS Sports Nick Ahmed, Tyler Fitzgerald and Jordan Hicks power Giants to a 7-1 win over Nationals Published April 10th, 2024 via Frederick News Post Nick Ahmed, Tyler Fitzgerald and Jordan Hicks power Giants to a 7-1 win over Nationals Published April 10th, 2024 via KRCR

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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%
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Chimezie Metu (DET)	+10.72%
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%

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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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Kristaps Porzingis (BOS)
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Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL)
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Damian Lillard (MIL)
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Khris Middleton (MIL)
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Tyrese Haliburton (IND)
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James Paxton (LAD)
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Bryson Stott (PHI)
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Carlos Santana (MIN)
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Jurickson Profar (SD)
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Brad Hunt (COL)
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Arturs Silovs (VAN)
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Jean-Luc Foudy (COL)
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Arturs Silovs (VAN)
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Derek Forbort (BOS)
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Riley Tufte (COL)
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Matt Martin (NYI)
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