Who Should I Trade?

Jake Mangum for Lawrence Butler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 150	# 196
VBR	# 160	# 303

Projections

Runs	24	16
Home Runs	7	1
RBI	22	12
Stolen Bases	6	7
Batting Average	.237	.280

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 153	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 175	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	# 187

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 140	# 214

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 174	# 145

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 387	# 201

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	259	252

Runs	34	35

Hits	53	77

Singles	38	64

Doubles	9	10

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	24	22

Stolen Bases	6	19

Caught Stealing	3	6

Walks	35	14

Strikeouts	79	47

Batting Average	.205	.306

On Base Pct	.302	.355

Slugging Pct	.305	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.607	.732

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	173	133

Runs	24	16

Hits	41	37

Singles	25	29

Doubles	8	7

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	22	12

Stolen Bases	6	7

Caught Stealing	2	2

Walks	18	7

Strikeouts	50	25

Batting Average	.237	.280

On Base Pct	.309	.321

Slugging Pct	.406	.371

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.693

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	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 Mangum is back in the Pirates lineup on Friday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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 Mangum was scratched from Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader with right foot discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	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 Mangum was scratched from the Pirates lineup in Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Jake Mangum went 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Pirates 10-5 loss against the Braves on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Jake Mangum went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI on Sunday as the Pirates hung on for an 8-6 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st
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			Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#170	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#325
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Mangum for Lawrence Butler (2026)

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