Should I start Ryan O'Hearn or Christian Encarnacion-Strand?

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Current Week's Projections

FPTS

8.07

10.53

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Apr 29	vs.NYY (Schmidt)	75°
Tue Apr 30	vs.NYY (Cortes)	68°
Wed May 1	vs.NYY (Gil)	67°
Thu May 2	vs.NYY (Rodon)	81°
Fri May 3	@CIN (Greene)	63°
Sat May 4	@CIN (Abbott)	66°
Sun May 5	@CIN (Lodolo)	Not Currently Available

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Apr 29	@SD (Waldron)	63°
Tue Apr 30	@SD (Darvish)	61°
Wed May 1	@SD (Musgrove)	65°
Fri May 3	vs.BAL (TBA)	63°
Sat May 4	vs.BAL (Rodriguez)	66°
Sun May 5	vs.BAL (Kremer)	Not Currently Available

Batting

14.23

23.4

1.96

3.2

3.62

5.37

.62

1.25

.03

.04

.61

.92

RBI

1.97

3.52

.08

3.1

7.02

1.02

1.29

AVG

.254

.230

OBP

.304

.269

SLG

.432

.404

OPS

.736

.673

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Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	59.0	33.0
AB	67	102
R	12	13
H	20	20
2B	3	6
3B	1	0
HR	4	2
RBI	9	16
SB	0	0
K	7	31
BB	8	3
AVG	.299	.196
OBP	.373	.222
SLG	.552	.314
OPS	.926	.536

Recent News
	Orioles' Ryan O'Hearn: Sitting vs. southpaw Published April 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Ryan O'Hearn's RBI single \| 04/26/2024 \| Baltimore Orioles Published April 26th, 2024 via MLB.com A Closer Look at Ryan O'Hearn's Hot Start Published April 26th, 2024 via Pitcher List Ryan O'Hearn out of the lineup Wednesday Published April 24th, 2024 via FantasyPros Orioles' Ryan O'Hearn: Takes seat versus lefty Published April 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Ryan O'Hearn's two-run double \| 04/23/2024 \| Baltimore Orioles Published April 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com Ryan O'Hearn a leader for Orioles in 2024 season Published April 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com Statcast hitter analysis: Ryan O'Hearn, Edward Olivares among platoon bats pushing for a full-time role Published April 22nd, 2024 via The Athletic	Christian Encarnacion-Strand Receives Precautionary MRI Published April 30th, 2024 Reds' Christian Encarnacion-Strand: Sent for precautionary MRI Published April 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Christian Encarnacion-Strand Remains Out On Monday Published April 29th, 2024 Christian Encarnacion-Strand getting hit by pitch might've been blessing in disguise for Reds Published April 29th, 2024 via Blog Red Machine Reds' Christian Encarnacion-Strand: Sits with hand injury Published April 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cincinnati Reds monitor 'old fracture' in Christian Encarnacion-Strand's hand after HBP Published April 28th, 2024 via Yahoo Sports Christian Encarnacion-Strand Absent On Sunday Published April 28th, 2024 Reds' Christian Encarnacion-Strand: Gets day off Published April 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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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
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Patrick Mahomes (KC)	280
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Mookie Betts (LAD)	22.78
Nick Lodolo (CIN)	22.31
Bailey Falter (PIT)	22.17
Ryan Pepiot (TB)	22.03
CJ Abrams (WSH)	21.97
Grayson Rodriguez (BAL)	21.81
Shohei Ohtani (LAD)	21.79
Gunnar Henderson (BAL)	20.79
Sean Manaea (NYM)	20.63
Kyle Tucker (HOU)	20.29
Jose Altuve (HOU)	19.83
Ronald Acuna (ATL)	19.79
Jose Ramirez (CLE)	19.58
Yordan Alvarez (HOU)	19.57

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Auston Matthews (TOR)	1112
Nikita Kucherov (TB)	1096
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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
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Should I start Ryan O'Hearn or Christian Encarnacion-Strand?

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