Should I start Mike Tauchman or Byron Buxton?

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Current Week's Projections

FPTS

15.20

8.63

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Apr 29	@NYM (Severino)	64°
Tue Apr 30	@NYM (Manaea)	53°
Wed May 1	@NYM (Butto)	52°
Thu May 2	@NYM (Houser)	77°
Fri May 3	vs.MIL (Ross)	67°
Sat May 4	vs.MIL (TBA)	67°
Sun May 5	vs.MIL (Wilson)	Not Currently Available

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Apr 29	@CHW (Crochet)	64°
Tue Apr 30	@CHW (Soroka)	65°
Wed May 1	@CHW (Flexen)	70°
Fri May 3	vs.BOS (TBA)	54°
Sat May 4	vs.BOS (Houck)	45°
Sun May 5	vs.BOS (Criswell)	Not Currently Available

Batting

22.77

18.74

4.35

2.82

6.08

4.34

1.48

1.3

.03

.73

.79

RBI

2.43

2.64

.31

.37

5.85

6.54

4.22

1.25

AVG

.267

.232

OBP

.390

.290

SLG

.428

.432

OPS

.818

.721

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Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	62.0	28.0
AB	71	90
R	17	11
H	21	22
2B	6	8
3B	0	1
HR	3	1
RBI	10	11
SB	1	1
K	17	32
BB	15	2
AVG	.296	.244
OBP	.432	.281
SLG	.507	.389
OPS	.939	.670

Recent News
	Mike Tauchman Belts Three-Run Homer Published April 29th, 2024 Cubs' Mike Tauchman: Provides clutch three-run homer Published April 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Mike Tauchman hits home run Sunday Published April 28th, 2024 via FantasyPros Spencer Arrighetti fans Mike Tauchman in the 1st \| 04/24/2024 Published April 24th, 2024 via MLB.com Mike Tauchman Hits Two Homers Published April 24th, 2024 Mike Tauchman Powers Cubs Past Astros Published April 24th, 2024 via FantasyPros Tauchman homers twice as Cubs win 7-2, drop Astros 10 games under .500 for first time since 2016 Published April 23rd, 2024 via NBC Chicago Cubs' Mike Tauchman: Clubs pair of homers Published April 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports	Byron Buxton Records Three Runs On Sunday Published April 29th, 2024 Byron Buxton scores three runs Sunday Published April 28th, 2024 via FantasyPros Byron Buxton returns to lineup Sunday Published April 28th, 2024 via FantasyPros Byron Buxton returns to center field for Twins Published April 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Twins' Byron Buxton: Resting Saturday Published April 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Byron Buxton missing from lineup Saturday Published April 27th, 2024 via FantasyPros Byron Buxton homers, triples twice in Twins' win over Yankees Published April 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Byron Buxton's fast-paced RBI single \| 04/26/2024 \| Minnesota Twins Published April 26th, 2024 via MLB.com

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Dak Prescott (DAL)	343
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Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET)	331
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Brock Purdy (SF)	296
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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

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Nikola Jokic (DEN)	4820.3
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Domantas Sabonis (SAC)	4320.0
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Tyrese Haliburton (IND)	3204.8
DeMar DeRozan (CHI)	3204.0
Stephen Curry (GS)	3185.0
Damian Lillard (MIL)	3148.5

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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

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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
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