Who Should I Trade?

Angel Martinez for Lawrence Butler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 158	# 194
VBR	# 186	# 348

Projections

Runs	23	18
Home Runs	6	4
RBI	21	17
Stolen Bases	5	3
Batting Average	.238	.242

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 153	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 175	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	# 168

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 156	# 226

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 173	# 148

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 387	# 189

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	265	237

Runs	35	28

Hits	53	54

Singles	38	31

Doubles	9	11

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	11

RBI	25	33

Stolen Bases	6	9

Caught Stealing	3	2

Walks	38	7

Strikeouts	81	55

Batting Average	.200	.228

On Base Pct	.302	.264

Slugging Pct	.298	.422

On-base Plus Slugging	.600	.686

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	160	140

Runs	23	18

Hits	38	34

Singles	23	21

Doubles	8	7

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	21	17

Stolen Bases	5	3

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	17	9

Strikeouts	47	32

Batting Average	.238	.242

On Base Pct	.311	.292

Slugging Pct	.411	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.722	.692

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE
News
	Lawrence Butler went 2-for-5 in a win over the Giants with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Fri, Jun 26th	The Guardians activated LF Angel Martínez from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Lawrence Butler went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run, one walk, one stolen base, and four runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th	Guardians outfielder Angel Martinez (foot) will play five innings for Triple-A Columbus in a rehab assignment on Friday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 17th
	Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 23-9 loss to the Rockies with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th	Angel Martinez took batting practice on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Angel Martinez has begun playing catch and hitting off a tee. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Royals with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 30th	Angel Martinez (foot) has been placed on the 10-day IL ahead of Tuesday's game in Milwaukee. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH			Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#151	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#202	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#96
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#94	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#94	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#96	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#85	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#148	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#85	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Angel Martinez for Lawrence Butler (2026)

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