Who Should I Trade?

Kyren Paris for Lawrence Butler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Kyren Paris 2B,CF - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 156	‐
VBR	# 176	‐

Projections

Runs	22	2
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	20	2
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.238	.222

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	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Kyren Paris 2B,CF - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	269	‐

Runs	36	‐

Hits	56	‐

Singles	38	‐

Doubles	11	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	27	‐

Stolen Bases	6	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	39	‐

Strikeouts	81	‐

Batting Average	.208	‐

On Base Pct	.310	‐

Slugging Pct	.323	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.633	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Kyren Paris 2B,CF - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	154	14

Runs	22	2

Hits	37	3

Singles	22	2

Doubles	8	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	20	2

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	1

Strikeouts	45	5

Batting Average	.238	.222

On Base Pct	.310	.276

Slugging Pct	.410	.296

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.572

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Kyren Paris 2B,CF - LAA
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 Angels have optioned infielder Kyren Paris to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
	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
	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
	Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 23-9 loss to the Rockies with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th
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			Kyren Paris 2B,CF - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#184	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Kyren Paris for Lawrence Butler (2026)

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