Who Should I Trade?

Cam Smith for Lawrence Butler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Cam Smith RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 136	# 152
VBR	# 111	# 208

Projections

Runs	9	9
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	9	8
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.237	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 175	# 185

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 153	# 154

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	# 136

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 88	# 149

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 152	# 143

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 387	# 237

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Cam Smith RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	399	448

Runs	54	57

Hits	94	96

Singles	64	57

Doubles	16	16

Triples	1	6

Home Runs	13	17

RBI	52	50

Stolen Bases	10	10

Caught Stealing	4	2

Walks	55	37

Strikeouts	120	124

Batting Average	.236	.214

On Base Pct	.328	.280

Slugging Pct	.378	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.707	.670

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Cam Smith RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	68	64

Runs	9	9

Hits	16	15

Singles	10	10

Doubles	3	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	9	8

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	7	6

Strikeouts	20	18

Batting Average	.237	.240

On Base Pct	.311	.312

Slugging Pct	.403	.411

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.723

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Cam Smith RF - HOU
News
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Sep 6th	Cam Smith went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Orioles with two walks, one stolen base, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th	Cam Smith went 3-for-4 in a win over the Giants with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 11th
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-3 in a win over the Twins with a solo home run, one walk, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 27th	Cam Smith went 3-for-4 in a win over the Padres with two home runs, two RBI, and three runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th
	Lawrence Butler went 2-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Rangers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Cam Smith went 1-for-4 in a 9-5 win over the White Sox with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	Cam Smith went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
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			Cam Smith RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#139
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#132
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#401
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#74	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#253
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#282
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#390
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#405	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#414	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#150	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#185
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#360	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#126	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#319
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#418	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#87	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#214
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#258
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#41	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10

Who Should I Trade?

Cam Smith for Lawrence Butler (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation