Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Melton for Lawrence Butler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 156	‐
VBR	# 149	# 1228

Projections

Runs	22	3
Home Runs	6	1
RBI	20	3
Stolen Bases	5	2
Batting Average	.238	.213

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 387	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	282	‐

Runs	39	‐

Hits	60	‐

Singles	40	‐

Doubles	13	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	29	‐

Stolen Bases	6	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	39	‐

Strikeouts	86	‐

Batting Average	.213	‐

On Base Pct	.310	‐

Slugging Pct	.330	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.639	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	154	25

Runs	22	3

Hits	37	5

Singles	23	3

Doubles	8	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	20	3

Stolen Bases	5	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	2

Strikeouts	45	7

Batting Average	.238	.213

On Base Pct	.311	.272

Slugging Pct	.410	.354

On-base Plus Slugging	.721	.626

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
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	Jacob Melton suffered a lower leg injury in Wednesday’s game for Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	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	Melton (thumb) is dealing with minor soreness in his left thumb and was held out of Thursday's Grapefruit League matchup with Boston. He is 2-for-9 with one home run, one walk and five strikeouts across four spring appearances. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	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
	Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 23-9 loss to the Rockies with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th
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			Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, May 4th				vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#259
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#180
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Melton for Lawrence Butler (2026)

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