Should I start Yordan Alvarez or Lourdes Gurriel?

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Current Week's Projections

FPTS

15.07

11.21

Game Info

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

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon May 20	@LAD (Yamamoto)	59°
Tue May 21	@LAD (Stone)	61°
Wed May 22	@LAD (Glasnow)	61°
Fri May 24	vs.MIA (Garrett)	Indoor
Sat May 25	vs.MIA (Sanchez)	Indoor
Sun May 26	vs.MIA (Weathers)	Indoor

Batting

22.27

20.96

3.35

2.61

5.96

5.13

1.1

1.15

.03

1.16

.72

RBI

3.23

2.71

.07

4.79

4.07

2.64

1.29

AVG

.267

.245

OBP

.350

.293

SLG

.475

.405

OPS

.825

.698

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Batting
Season Statistics
FPTS	108.0	98.0
AB	181	182
R	25	24
H	47	43
2B	8	9
3B	0	0
HR	8	6
RBI	20	27
SB	1	2
K	36	36
BB	19	11
AVG	.260	.236
OBP	.337	.284
SLG	.437	.385
OPS	.773	.668

Recent News
	Yordan Alvarez back in lineup Saturday Published May 18th, 2024 via FantasyPros Yordan Alvarez Getting A Breather Friday Published May 17th, 2024 Houston Astros' Yordan Alvarez sits; Yainer Diaz starts at DH Published May 17th, 2024 via Houston Chronicle Astros' Yordan Alvarez: Receiving rest day Published May 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports MLB Home Run & Total Base Props: 3 Picks for Yordan Alvarez, Matt Olson & Manny Machado Published May 15th, 2024 via The Action Network Astros' Yordan Alvarez: Five-game hitting streak Published May 14th, 2024 via CBS Sports Selloff possibilities, Yordan Alvarez's RISP problem and 2 homegrown DFAs: 3 Astros takeaways Published May 13th, 2024 via The New York Times Selloff possibilities, Yordan Alvarez's RISP problem and 2 homegrown DFAs: 3 Astros takeaways Published May 13th, 2024 via The Athletic	Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Homers in Diamondbacks' Loss Published May 21st, 2024 via FantasyPros Diamondbacks' Lourdes Gurriel: Homers in loss Published May 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports Lourdes Gurriel Jr. back in lineup Sunday Published May 19th, 2024 via FantasyPros Lourdes Gurriel Jr. starting Sunday afternoon for Diamondbacks Published May 19th, 2024 via FanDuel Research Blue Jays trade Gabriel Moreno, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. to Diamondbacks for Daulton Varsho Published May 19th, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Sports Lourdes Gurriel Jr. missing from lineup Saturday Published May 18th, 2024 via FantasyPros Diamondbacks' Lourdes Gurriel: Getting breather Saturday Published May 18th, 2024 via CBS Sports Lourdes Gurriel, Arizona Diamondbacks, LF - Fantasy Baseball News, Stats Published May 15th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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