Who Should I Trade?

Johnathan Rodriguez for Lawrence Butler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 150	‐
VBR	# 189	# 1259

Projections

Runs	24	3
Home Runs	6	1
RBI	21	3
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.237	.232

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

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	# 140	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 387	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Johnathan Rodriguez RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	261	11

Runs	34	0

Hits	53	2

Singles	38	1

Doubles	9	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	25	2

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	35	3

Strikeouts	79	6

Batting Average	.203	.182

On Base Pct	.299	.333

Slugging Pct	.303	.273

On-base Plus Slugging	.601	.606

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Johnathan Rodriguez RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	167	25

Runs	24	3

Hits	40	6

Singles	24	4

Doubles	8	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	21	3

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	18	3

Strikeouts	49	7

Batting Average	.237	.232

On Base Pct	.309	.306

Slugging Pct	.407	.385

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Johnathan Rodriguez RF - BAL
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 Orioles designated Johnathan Rodriguez for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	The Orioles recalled Johnathan Rodriguez from Triple-A Norfolk. 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	The Orioles placed Johnathan Rodriguez on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	The Orioles optioned OF Johnathan Rodriguez to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	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	The Orioles recalled OF Johnathan Rodriguez from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
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			Johnathan Rodriguez RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#235
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Johnathan Rodriguez for Lawrence Butler (2026)

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