Who Should I Trade?

Lawrence Butler for Leody Taveras (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 179	# 297
VBR	# 147	# 1059

Projections

Runs	21	10
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	20	8
Stolen Bases	5	3
Batting Average	.238	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 175	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 153	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 146	# 292

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 387	# 252

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


At Bats	289	297

Runs	40	41

Hits	61	65

Singles	41	45

Doubles	13	10

Triples	1	5

Home Runs	6	5

RBI	29	39

Stolen Bases	7	10

Caught Stealing	3	3

Walks	40	34

Strikeouts	88	86

Batting Average	.211	.219

On Base Pct	.308	.300

Slugging Pct	.325	.337

On-base Plus Slugging	.633	.637

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


At Bats	153	76

Runs	21	10

Hits	36	18

Singles	22	12

Doubles	8	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	20	8

Stolen Bases	5	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	16	6

Strikeouts	45	19

Batting Average	.238	.233

On Base Pct	.312	.288

Slugging Pct	.412	.374

On-base Plus Slugging	.723	.662

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
News
	Lawrence Butler went 0-for-4 in acloss to the Reds with a walk, one run scored, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	Leody Taveras went 1-for-5 in an 8-5 win over the Tigers with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Leody Taveras went 2-for-4 in the win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th
	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	Taveras went 1-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia 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	Leody Taveras went 2-for-3 in a win over the Mariners with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, one walk, one strikeout, and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jun 11th
	Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 23-9 loss to the Rockies with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th	Leody Taveras went 1-for-5 in a win over the Red Sox with one run scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Fri, Jun 5th
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			Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#275
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
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
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ 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
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Lawrence Butler for Leody Taveras (2026)

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