Who Should I Trade?

Austin Martin for Lawrence Butler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 156	# 223
VBR	# 149	# 1040

Projections

Runs	22	11
Home Runs	6	1
RBI	20	7
Stolen Bases	5	3
Batting Average	.238	.248

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 174	# 201

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 153	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 175	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	# 204

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 155	# 246

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 387	# 241

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	282	255

Runs	39	37

Hits	60	61

Singles	40	45

Doubles	13	14

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	29	21

Stolen Bases	6	10

Caught Stealing	3	7

Walks	39	42

Strikeouts	86	55

Batting Average	.213	.239

On Base Pct	.310	.354

Slugging Pct	.330	.318

On-base Plus Slugging	.639	.672

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	154	78

Runs	22	11

Hits	37	19

Singles	23	14

Doubles	8	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	20	7

Stolen Bases	5	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	16	10

Strikeouts	45	17

Batting Average	.238	.248

On Base Pct	.311	.342

Slugging Pct	.410	.346

On-base Plus Slugging	.721	.688

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
News
	Lawrence Butler went 2-for-3 in Wednesday’s loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run, one double, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	Austin Martin went 0-for-1 in a 5-2 win over the Cubs with one run scored, one stolen base, one walk and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Austin Martin stole a base and scored a run in an 11-4 win over the Yankees on Saturday. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th
	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	Austin Martin went 1-for-4 in a win over the White Sox with two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 2nd
	Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 23-9 loss to the Rockies with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th	Austin Martin went 2-for-5 in an 8-6 win over the Red Sox with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, May 23rd
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Austin Martin went 2-for-4 in a 9-1 win over the Marlins on Thursday with a double, a walk, a stolen base, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, May 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH			Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Martin for Lawrence Butler (2026)

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