Should I start Nico Hoerner or Jose Altuve?

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CHC · 2B,SS

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Current Week's Projections

FPTS

15.55

16.60

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue May 21	vs.ATL (Morton)	80°
Wed May 22	vs.ATL (Fried)	64°
Thu May 23	vs.ATL (TBA)	74°
Fri May 24	@STL (Mikolas)	71°
Sat May 25	@STL (Liberatore)	66°
Sun May 26	@STL (Gray)	Not Currently Available

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon May 20	vs.LAA (Detmers)	Indoor
Tue May 21	vs.LAA (Canning)	Indoor
Wed May 22	vs.LAA (Anderson)	Indoor
Fri May 24	@OAK (Stripling)	54°
Sat May 25	@OAK (Sears)	58°
Sun May 26	@OAK (Brooks)	Not Currently Available

Batting

24.16

23.65

3.56

4.11

6.48

6.72

1.44

1.28

.03

.33

1.09

RBI

2.27

2.58

.98

.79

2.77

4.44

2.39

2.24

AVG

.268

.284

OBP

.345

.350

SLG

.377

.479

OPS

.722

.829

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Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	104.0	133.0
AB	156	194
R	25	32
H	41	59
2B	11	10
3B	1	0
HR	2	9
RBI	12	18
SB	5	7
K	16	36
BB	18	16
AVG	.263	.304
OBP	.356	.363
SLG	.385	.495
OPS	.740	.858

Recent News
	Return of Dansby Swanson and Nico Hoerner looms, Kyle Hendricks' struggles: 4 Cubs takeaways Published May 20th, 2024 via The New York Times Dansby Swanson, Nico Hoerner to return soon for Cubs Published May 19th, 2024 via MLB.com Cubs Reportedly Promoting Luis Vázquez to Chicago, Which Probably Means Nico Hoerner to IL Published May 19th, 2024 via Cubs Insider Nico Hoerner Remains Absent On Sunday Published May 19th, 2024 Chicago Cubs Lineup: Nico Hoerner Absent, Dansby Swanson Returns, Mitch Keller Faces Jameson Taillon Published May 19th, 2024 via BVM Sports Cubs' Nico Hoerner: Remains out Sunday Published May 19th, 2024 via CBS Sports Nico Hoerner Remains Out Of Lineup Again On Saturday Published May 18th, 2024 Why Cubs are reluctant to place Nico Hoerner on IL, plus more injury musings \| Chicago Cubs News Published May 18th, 2024 via Marquee Sports Network	Jose Altuve Packs Power in Astros' Narrow Loss Published May 21st, 2024 via FantasyPros Jose Altuve's superb play \| 05/20/2024 \| Houston Astros Published May 20th, 2024 via MLB.com Astros' Jose Altuve: Pops first homer of May Published May 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jose Altuve's leadoff homer (8) \| 05/19/2024 Published May 19th, 2024 via MLB.com Breaking down Jose Altuve's home run \| 05/19/2024 \| Houston Astros Published May 19th, 2024 via MLB.com Jackson Chourio meets Venezuelan hero Jose Altuve before game Published May 19th, 2024 via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Jose Altuve scores on an error \| 05/15/2024 \| Houston Astros Published May 15th, 2024 via MLB.com Jose Altuve's RBI single \| 05/13/2024 \| Houston Astros Published May 13th, 2024 via MLB.com

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