Should I start Willson Contreras or Victor Caratini?

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Current Week's Projections

FPTS

11.46

4.07

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue Apr 30	@DET (Flaherty)	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
Tue Apr 30	vs.CLE (Carrasco)	Indoor
Wed May 1	vs.CLE (McKenzie)	Indoor
Thu May 2	vs.CLE (Allen)	Indoor
Fri May 3	vs.SEA (Kirby)	Indoor
Sat May 4	vs.SEA (Gilbert)	Indoor
Sun May 5	vs.SEA (Miller)	Indoor

Batting

18.34

8.68

2.63

1.02

4.73

2.07

1.24

.35

.84

.24

RBI

2.44

1.1

.17

4.71

1.95

2.43

.74

AVG

.258

.238

OBP

.351

.300

SLG

.463

.363

OPS

.815

.663

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	Start Willson Contreras or J.T. Realmuto Start Willson Contreras or Elias Diaz Start Willson Contreras or Keibert Ruiz Start Willson Contreras or Yainer Diaz Start Willson Contreras or Danny Jansen	Start Victor Caratini or James McCann Start Victor Caratini or Austin Barnes Start Victor Caratini or Luke Maile Start Victor Caratini or Riley Adams Start Victor Caratini or Kyle Higashioka

Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	60.0	24.0
AB	80	34
R	13	7
H	23	10
2B	8	3
3B	0	0
HR	4	1
RBI	9	6
SB	1	0
K	20	7
BB	14	2
AVG	.288	.294
OBP	.412	.351
SLG	.538	.471
OPS	.950	.822

Recent News
	Willson Contreras pitiful blunder shouldn't mask Cardinals real problem Published April 28th, 2024 via FanSided Willson Contreras' grit, big swings, glove lift Cardinals Published April 27th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Cardinals' Willson Contreras: Pops homer Friday Published April 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Willson Contreras powers Cardinals past Mets, 4-2 Published April 27th, 2024 via FantasyPros Alec Burleson, Willson Contreras homer in win vs. Mets Published April 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Home runs by Alec Burleson and Willson Contreras lift the Cardinals over the Mets 4-2 Published April 26th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Willson Contreras hammers a 445-foot home run \| 04/26/2024 Published April 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Willson Contreras, St. Louis Cardinals, C - News, Stats, Bio Published April 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Victor Caratini nabs Ryan McMahon after a review \| 04/28/2024 Published April 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Victor Caratini in Astros' Sunday lineup Published April 21st, 2024 via numberFire Victor Caratini's RBI double \| 04/14/2024 \| Houston Astros Published April 14th, 2024 via MLB.com Victor Caratini catching for Astros Sunday; Jon Singleton moving to bench Published April 14th, 2024 via numberFire Victor Caratini's go-ahead single \| 04/13/2024 Published April 13th, 2024 via MLB.com Houston Astros and catcher Victor Caratini agree to $12 million, 2-year contract, AP source says Published April 12th, 2024 via Yahoo Movies UK Victor Caratini not in Astros' Friday lineup Published April 12th, 2024 via numberFire Andrew Heaney strikes out Victor Caratini \| 04/08/2024 \| Texas Rangers Published April 8th, 2024 via MLB.com

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