Who Should I Trade?

Junior Perez for Lawrence Butler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 156	‐
VBR	# 160	# 1357

Projections

Runs	21	1
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	20	1
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.239	.143

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	# 356

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Junior Perez LF,CF,RF - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	277	35

Runs	38	5

Hits	58	6

Singles	38	3

Doubles	13	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	3

RBI	28	6

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	39	1

Strikeouts	84	14

Batting Average	.209	.171

On Base Pct	.308	.194

Slugging Pct	.329	.429

On-base Plus Slugging	.637	.623

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Junior Perez LF,CF,RF - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	151	9

Runs	21	1

Hits	36	1

Singles	22	1

Doubles	8	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	20	1

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	1

Strikeouts	44	3

Batting Average	.239	.143

On Base Pct	.313	.225

Slugging Pct	.413	.193

On-base Plus Slugging	.727	.417

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Junior Perez LF,CF,RF - CWS
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	The White Sox optioned OF Junior Perez to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Junior Perez went 1-for-1 in a win over the Astros with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	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	Junior Perez went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's win over the Orioles with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st
	Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 23-9 loss to the Rockies with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th	Junior Perez went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Tigers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 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 White Sox recalled OF Junior Perez from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
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			Junior Perez LF,CF,RF - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Mon, Apr 6th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Junior Perez for Lawrence Butler (2026)

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