Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Lawrence Butler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 156	‐
VBR	# 176	# 391

Projections

Runs	22	16
Home Runs	6	5
RBI	20	16
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.238	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	# 265

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	269	166

Runs	36	20

Hits	56	42

Singles	38	27

Doubles	11	8

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	7

RBI	27	19

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	39	14

Strikeouts	81	37

Batting Average	.208	.253

On Base Pct	.310	.332

Slugging Pct	.323	.428

On-base Plus Slugging	.633	.759

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	154	118

Runs	22	16

Hits	37	28

Singles	22	17

Doubles	8	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	6	5

RBI	20	16

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	11

Strikeouts	45	32

Batting Average	.238	.237

On Base Pct	.310	.313

Slugging Pct	.410	.419

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.732

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
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	Jared Young went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 4-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Since coming off the injured list on May 26, Young has gone 12-for-46 with a .911 OPS while playing nearly every day at first base. He tied the game 4-4 with an RBI single in the fifth inning Thursday before the Mets held on for the win. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 12th
	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	Young is batting .313 with a .945 OPS across 55 plate appearances this season and is expected to continue receiving steady starts against right-handed pitching. All three of his home runs have come over his last six games, a stretch that also includes three multi-hit efforts. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jun 6th
	Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 23-9 loss to the Rockies with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th	Jorge Polanco (Achilles) could return from the injured list as soon as this week, which would cut into Young's time at first base and DH against right-handed pitching. Since returning from the IL himself on May 26 following left knee surgery, Young has gone 4-for-16 with two home runs, five runs, and three walks across six appearances. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 2nd
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Young is slashing .345/.412/.517 with three extra-base hits, three RBI, and six runs scored across 34 plate appearances and is expected to see regular time against right-handed pitching. He was activated from the injured list Tuesday and has gone 3-for-9 with four runs scored since returning. Bruno Mulé Sun, May 31st
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH			Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#184	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Lawrence Butler (2026)

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