Should I start Nolan Arenado or Michael Busch?

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Current Week's Projections

FPTS

13.44

13.01

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue Apr 30	@DET (TBA)	70°
Tue Apr 30	@DET (TBA)	60°
Wed May 1	@DET (Maeda)	75°
Fri May 3	vs.CHW (TBA)	61°
Sat May 4	vs.CHW (Fedde)	75°
Sun May 5	vs.CHW (Crochet)	Not Currently Available

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)	73°
Fri May 3	vs.MIL (Ross)	67°
Sat May 4	vs.MIL (TBA)	67°
Sun May 5	vs.MIL (Wilson)	Not Currently Available

Batting

22.5

24.16

2.66

3.54

5.83

6.16

1.25

1.03

.04

.03

.65

1.3

RBI

3.35

3.78

.08

.06

3.53

8.31

1.78

2.79

AVG

.259

.255

OBP

.317

.332

SLG

.404

.462

OPS

.721

.794

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Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	53.0	54.0
AB	107	93
R	11	15
H	28	25
2B	6	4
3B	0	0
HR	1	6
RBI	13	17
SB	0	0
K	16	35
BB	8	10
AVG	.262	.269
OBP	.319	.336
SLG	.346	.505
OPS	.665	.842

Recent News
	Nolan Arenado scores twice in Cardinals' victory over Mets Published April 28th, 2024 via FantasyPros Ten Hochman: Longest on-base streak in MLB? Cardinals' Nolan Arenado has it. Published April 25th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Nolan Arenado's plate discipline shines in loss Published April 21st, 2024 via FantasyPros Nolan Arenado's RBI double \| 04/20/2024 Published April 20th, 2024 via MLB.com What Nolan Arenado's follow-through reveals about bringing road surge home: Cardinals Extra Published April 17th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Ten Hochman: On Nolan Arenado's 33rd birthday, a look at Cardinals 3B's recent upswing Published April 16th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Nolan Arenado's slick defensive plays Published April 13th, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Sports Nolan Arenado breaks out as Lars Nootbaar rejoins Cardinals Published April 13th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch	How Did Michael Busch Become a Key Player for the Cubs After His Trade from Dodgers? Published April 28th, 2024 via MSN Cubs' Michael Busch: Big effort in win Published April 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Michael Busch shines in Cubs' dominant victory over Red Sox Published April 27th, 2024 via FantasyPros How Michael Busch became a hit for Cubs after trade with Dodgers Published April 27th, 2024 via ESPN Kutter Crawford strikes out Michael Busch in the 3rd \| 04/26/2024 Published April 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Cubs rookie Michael Busch homers in 5th consecutive game to equal club record Published April 25th, 2024 via AOL Cody Bellinger: Former Dodgers Prospect Michael Busch 'Running With' Opportunity To Start Published April 24th, 2024 via MSN Michael Busch returning to first base with Cubs Published April 24th, 2024 via MLB.com

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Christian McCaffrey (SF)	391
Tyreek Hill (MIA)	376
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Dak Prescott (DAL)	343
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Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET)	331
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Jared Goff (DET)	291
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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
Luka Doncic (DAL)	4618.0
Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL)	4328.0
Domantas Sabonis (SAC)	4320.0
Anthony Davis (LAL)	4052.8
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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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Logan Webb (SF)	24.89
Bailey Falter (PIT)	23.81
Max Fried (ATL)	23.34
Mookie Betts (LAD)	23.10
Shohei Ohtani (LAD)	21.85
Grayson Rodriguez (BAL)	21.27
Gunnar Henderson (BAL)	20.92
Kyle Tucker (HOU)	20.57
Sean Manaea (NYM)	20.49
Jose Altuve (HOU)	19.92
Ronald Acuna (ATL)	19.87
Yordan Alvarez (HOU)	19.83
Ryan Pepiot (TB)	19.56
Jose Ramirez (CLE)	19.49
Bryce Miller (SEA)	19.45
Nestor Cortes (NYY)	19.42
Aaron Judge (NYY)	19.40

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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
Leon Draisaitl (EDM)	856
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Sidney Crosby (PIT)	806
Evan Bouchard (EDM)	805
Quinn Hughes (VAN)	789

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J.D. Martinez (NYM)	+60.17%
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David Perron (DET)	+6.79%
Chandler Stephenson (VGS)	+6.31%
James Reimer (DET)	+6.19%
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Spencer Martin (CAR)	+5.84%
Michael Bunting (PIT)	+5.80%

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Mitch Garver (SEA)
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Jack Ahcan (COL)
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Brad Hunt (COL)
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Artemi Panarin (NYR)
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Derek Forbort (BOS)
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Mika Zibanejad (NYR)
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Matt Martin (NYI)
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