Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Sheets for Lawrence Butler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 136	# 264
VBR	# 123	# 418

Projections

Runs	12	8
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	12	8
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.236	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 175	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 153	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 88	# 217

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 387	# 173

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Gavin Sheets 1B,LF,RF,DH - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	372	356

Runs	53	46

Hits	86	75

Singles	58	44

Doubles	15	15

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	12	16

RBI	43	46

Stolen Bases	10	4

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	53	49

Strikeouts	109	84

Batting Average	.231	.211

On Base Pct	.328	.313

Slugging Pct	.374	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.701

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Gavin Sheets 1B,LF,RF,DH - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	90	62

Runs	12	8

Hits	21	15

Singles	13	9

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	12	8

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	10	7

Strikeouts	26	14

Batting Average	.236	.238

On Base Pct	.309	.318

Slugging Pct	.399	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.709	.719

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Gavin Sheets 1B,LF,RF,DH - SD
News
	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	The Padres placed 1B/OF Gavin Sheets on the 10-day injured list with a left foot sprain. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th
	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	Gavin Sheets is not in the Padres lineup on Wednesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Lawrence Butler went 2-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Rangers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Gavin Sheets went 3-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 15-3 loss against the Dodgers on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	Gavin Sheets went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 9-7 loss on Friday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Rays with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th	Gavin Sheets went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in the Padres 3-2 loss against the Phillies on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
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			Gavin Sheets 1B,LF,RF,DH - SD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#208	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#139
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#157	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#91	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs WSH	DJ Herz	#303
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48

Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Sheets for Lawrence Butler (2026)

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