Who Should I Trade?

John Rave for Lawrence Butler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 151	‐
VBR	# 166	# 1249

Projections

Runs	25	3
Home Runs	7	1
RBI	23	2
Stolen Bases	6	1
Batting Average	.236	.224

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 174	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 153	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 167	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 140	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 387	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	256	18

Runs	34	3

Hits	52	4

Singles	37	0

Doubles	9	2

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	23	1

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	34	3

Strikeouts	79	7

Batting Average	.203	.222

On Base Pct	.299	.333

Slugging Pct	.305	.611

On-base Plus Slugging	.604	.944

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	178	22

Runs	25	3

Hits	42	5

Singles	26	3

Doubles	9	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	23	2

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	19	2

Strikeouts	52	6

Batting Average	.236	.224

On Base Pct	.309	.293

Slugging Pct	.405	.390

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.683

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
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	The Royals optioned John Rave to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	John Rave went 2-for-4 in a 6-2 win over the Nationals with a home run, a triple, two runs scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 18th
	Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 23-9 loss to the Rockies with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th	Outfielder John Rave has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha by the Kansas City Royals. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th
	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
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			John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#185
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

John Rave for Lawrence Butler (2026)

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