Who Should I Trade?

Kody Clemens for Lawrence Butler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Kody Clemens 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 151	# 180
VBR	# 173	# 217

Projections

Runs	25	22
Home Runs	7	8
RBI	23	24
Stolen Bases	6	2
Batting Average	.235	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 153	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 167	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	# 198

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 140	# 176

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 387	# 102

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 174	# 146

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Kody Clemens 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	252	316

Runs	33	47

Hits	51	74

Singles	37	36

Doubles	9	17

Triples	0	3

Home Runs	5	18

RBI	23	47

Stolen Bases	6	5

Caught Stealing	3	2

Walks	34	22

Strikeouts	77	81

Batting Average	.202	.234

On Base Pct	.300	.293

Slugging Pct	.298	.478

On-base Plus Slugging	.597	.771

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Kody Clemens 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	178	159

Runs	25	22

Hits	42	37

Singles	26	21

Doubles	9	8

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	7	8

RBI	23	24

Stolen Bases	6	2

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	19	13

Strikeouts	52	42

Batting Average	.235	.233

On Base Pct	.308	.294

Slugging Pct	.404	.444

On-base Plus Slugging	.713	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Kody Clemens 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
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	Kody Clemens went 2-for-4 in a 6-2 loss to the Cubs on Saturday with two home runs, two runs scored, two RBI and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Kody Clemens went 2-for-4 in Saturday's 11-4 win over the Yankees with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, a walk, and a strikeout. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th
	Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 23-9 loss to the Rockies with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th	Kody Clemens went 2-for-4 in a 5-2 loss to the Yankees on Friday with a home run, a double, two runs scored, one RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 4th
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Kody Clemens went 1-for-5 in an 8-3 win over the Astros on Wednesday with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	Kody Clemens went 1-for-4 in a 3-2 win over the Rockies with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th
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			Kody Clemens 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#174
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#242
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake	#278	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#186
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Kody Clemens for Lawrence Butler (2026)

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