Should I start Riley Adams or Austin Barnes?

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WSH · C

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Current Week's Projections

FPTS

3.01

2.50

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon May 20	vs.MIN (Lopez)	72°
Tue May 21	vs.MIN (Ryan)	65°
Wed May 22	vs.MIN (Woods Richardson)	91°
Fri May 24	vs.SEA (Kirby)	68°
Sat May 25	vs.SEA (Gilbert)	Not Currently Available
Sun May 26	vs.SEA (Woo)	Not Currently Available

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon May 20	vs.ARI (Mantiply)	61°
Tue May 21	vs.ARI (Pfaadt)	62°
Wed May 22	vs.ARI (Nelson)	62°
Fri May 24	@CIN (Ashcraft)	65°
Sat May 25	@CIN (Greene)	Not Currently Available
Sun May 26	@CIN (Abbott)	Not Currently Available

Batting

9.33

7.17

.86

.75

2.11

1.41

.59

.25

.13

RBI

.93

.59

.06

.05

3.14

1.82

.85

.92

AVG

.227

.197

OBP

.293

.295

SLG

.370

.280

OPS

.663

.575

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Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	23.0	8.0
AB	69	37
R	6	2
H	16	7
2B	5	1
3B	0	0
HR	2	0
RBI	6	2
SB	1	0
K	24	11
BB	7	7
AVG	.232	.189
OBP	.304	.318
SLG	.391	.216
OPS	.695	.534

Recent News
	Cristopher Sánchez strikes out Riley Adams \| 05/18/2024 Published May 18th, 2024 via MLB.com Riley Adams in lineup Saturday Published May 18th, 2024 via FantasyPros Riley Adams out of lineup Thursday Published May 2nd, 2024 via FantasyPros Riley Adams Likely To Continue Seeing Playing Time Published April 26th, 2024 Nationals' Riley Adams: Could still see consistent work Published April 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Nationals' Keibert Ruiz Returns Stronger After Influenza Battle and Riley Adams Fills In With Precision Published April 25th, 2024 via BVM Sports Nationals' Riley Adams: Set to lose work with Ruiz back Published April 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports What Does The Future Hold For Riley Adams? Published April 24th, 2024 via District on Deck	Austin Barnes in lineup Thursday Published May 16th, 2024 via FantasyPros Austin Barnes catching for Dodgers on Thursday Published May 16th, 2024 via FanDuel Research Austin Barnes Has Bruised Temple Published May 13th, 2024 via MSN Austin Barnes in Dodgers' lineup on Sunday Published May 12th, 2024 via FanDuel Research Austin Barnes catching for Dodgers on Wednesday Published May 8th, 2024 via FanDuel Research Austin Barnes in the Dodgers' lineup Wednesday Published May 8th, 2024 via FantasyPros Austin Barnes catching for Dodgers on Wednesday Published May 1st, 2024 via FanDuel Research Austin Barnes sitting Monday for Dodgers Published April 29th, 2024 via FanDuel Research

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