Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Lawrence Butler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 137	# 150
VBR	# 250	# 186

Projections

Runs	20	23
Home Runs	7	6
RBI	21	21
Stolen Bases	3	5
Batting Average	.224	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 99	# 174

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	# 153

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 138	# 175

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	# 132

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 387

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	# 140

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	320	261

Runs	60	34

Hits	83	53

Singles	49	38

Doubles	15	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	18	5

RBI	59	25

Stolen Bases	7	6

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	51	37

Strikeouts	101	79

Batting Average	.259	.203

On Base Pct	.365	.303

Slugging Pct	.481	.303

On-base Plus Slugging	.847	.606

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	138	165

Runs	20	23

Hits	31	39

Singles	18	24

Doubles	6	8

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	7	6

RBI	21	21

Stolen Bases	3	5

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	20	17

Strikeouts	46	48

Batting Average	.224	.238

On Base Pct	.328	.310

Slugging Pct	.419	.410

On-base Plus Slugging	.747	.720

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH
News
	Jake Bauers went 0-for-2 in Saturday's loss to the Pirates with two walks and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Jake Bauers went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Pirates with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-4 in a win over the Cardinals with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 23-9 loss to the Rockies with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th
	Jake Bauers went 1-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th
	Jake Bauers went 3-for-6 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a double, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Royals with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL			Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#151
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, May 5th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Jul 10th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Lawrence Butler (2026)

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