Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Lawrence Butler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 156	# 368
VBR	# 176	‐

Projections

Runs	22	4
Home Runs	6	1
RBI	20	4
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.238	.219

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 174	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 153	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 175	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 155	# 383

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 387	# 329

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	273	37

Runs	38	1

Hits	58	8

Singles	38	5

Doubles	13	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	28	6

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	39	1

Strikeouts	82	8

Batting Average	.213	.216

On Base Pct	.312	.237

Slugging Pct	.333	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	.645	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	154	32

Runs	22	4

Hits	37	7

Singles	22	5

Doubles	8	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	20	4

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	3

Strikeouts	45	9

Batting Average	.238	.219

On Base Pct	.310	.286

Slugging Pct	.410	.359

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.645

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
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	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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 have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	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	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 23-9 loss to the Rockies with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th	George Valera (calf) has been reinstated from the IL and will join the Guardians ahead of Monday's game against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
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			George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#184	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Drew Anderson	#135
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
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)	#151
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Lawrence Butler (2026)

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