Who Should I Trade?

Lawrence Butler for Matt Koperniak (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
 
Experts' Pick
 
  Lawrence Butler
CF,RF - ATH
Lawrence Butler
Matt Koperniak
LF,RF - FA
Matt Koperniak
Expert
Recommendation
100%
Recommended by
5 of 5 experts
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Recommended by
0 of 5 experts
Rankings 
   
Rest of Season# 179‐
VBR# 148‐
   
Projections 
   
Runs21‐
Home Runs6‐
RBI20‐
Stolen Bases5‐
Batting Average.238‐
   
Misc 
   
Injury Alert-FA
   
Expert Ranks 
   
Scott Pianowski
Yahoo! Sports		# 173‐
   
Dalton Del Don
The Deep Shot		# 153‐
   
Mike Maher
BettingPros		# 132‐
   
Kelly Kirby
FantasyPros		# 146‐
   
Kevin Spinelli
KevScores		# 387‐
   
Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
  Lawrence Butler
CF,RF - ATH
Lawrence Butler
Matt Koperniak
LF,RF - FA
Matt Koperniak
2026 Stats 
   
   
At Bats285‐
   
Runs39‐
   
Hits61‐
   
Singles41‐
   
Doubles13‐
   
Triples1‐
   
Home Runs6‐
   
RBI29‐
   
Stolen Bases6‐
   
Caught Stealing3‐
   
Walks39‐
   
Strikeouts86‐
   
Batting Average.214‐
   
On Base Pct.310‐
   
Slugging Pct.330‐
   
On-base Plus Slugging.640‐
   
Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
  Lawrence Butler
CF,RF - ATH
Lawrence Butler
Matt Koperniak
LF,RF - FA
Matt Koperniak
2026 Projections 
   
   
At Bats153‐
   
Runs21‐
   
Hits36‐
   
Singles22‐
   
Doubles8‐
   
Triples1‐
   
Home Runs6‐
   
RBI20‐
   
Stolen Bases5‐
   
Caught Stealing1‐
   
Walks16‐
   
Strikeouts45‐
   
Batting Average.238‐
   
On Base Pct.312‐
   
Slugging Pct.412‐
   
On-base Plus Slugging.723‐
   
Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
  Lawrence Butler
CF,RF - ATH
Lawrence Butler
Matt Koperniak
LF,RF - FA
Matt Koperniak
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 Cardinals have reassigned outfielder Matt Koperniak to minor league camp.
Brenton Kemp
Sun, Mar 15th
 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
  Lawrence Butler
CF,RF - ATH
Lawrence Butler
Matt Koperniak
LF,RF - FA
Matt Koperniak
Date OppOpp PitcherVBROppOpp PitcherVBR
Fri, Mar 27th@ TORKevin Gausman (5-10)#25   
Sat, Mar 28th@ TORDylan Cease (7-5)#8   
Sun, Mar 29th@ TOREric Lauer (6-5)#312   
Mon, Mar 30th@ ATLBryce Elder (7-6)#139   
Tue, Mar 31st@ ATLJose Suarez#171   
Wed, Apr 1st@ ATLChris Sale (12-6)#7   
Fri, Apr 3rdvs HOUCristian Javier (1-2)#172   
Sat, Apr 4thvs HOUTatsuya Imai (6-4)#142   
Sun, Apr 5thvs HOULance McCullers Jr. (2-3)#275   
Tue, Apr 7th@ NYYCam Schlittler (10-6)#15   
Wed, Apr 8th@ NYYWill Warren (8-5)#65   
Thu, Apr 9th@ NYYRyan Weathers (4-7)#64   
Fri, Apr 10th@ NYMClay Holmes (4-4)#89   
Sat, Apr 11th@ NYMKodai Senga (0-8)#133   
Sun, Apr 12th@ NYMFreddy Peralta (5-9)#50   
Mon, Apr 13thvs TEXNathan Eovaldi (10-9)#20   
Tue, Apr 14thvs TEXMacKenzie Gore (6-9)#36   
Wed, Apr 15thvs TEXKumar Rocker (4-8)#81   
Thu, Apr 16thvs TEXJack Leiter (3-7)#126   
Fri, Apr 17thvs CWSDavis Martin (9-5)#82   
Sat, Apr 18thvs CWSErick Fedde (6-6)#393   
Sun, Apr 19thvs CWSNoah Schultz (3-8)#190   
Mon, Apr 20th@ SEAEmerson Hancock (6-5)#76   
Tue, Apr 21st@ SEALuis Castillo (3-9)#61   
Wed, Apr 22nd@ SEALogan Gilbert (8-6)#9   
Fri, Apr 24th@ TEXNathan Eovaldi (10-9)#20   
Sat, Apr 25th@ TEXMacKenzie Gore (6-9)#36   
Sun, Apr 26th@ TEXKumar Rocker (4-8)#81   
Tue, Apr 28thvs KCKris Bubic (3-2)#149   
Wed, Apr 29thvs KCMichael Wacha (5-8)#72   
Thu, Apr 30thvs KCNoah Cameron (5-8)#78   
Fri, May 1stvs CLEJoey Cantillo (8-6)#85   
Sat, May 2ndvs CLESlade Cecconi (4-7)#134   
Sun, May 3rdvs CLEParker Messick (8-6)#42   
Tue, May 5th@ PHICristopher Sanchez (14-4)#4   
Wed, May 6th@ PHIZack Wheeler (10-2)#6   
Thu, May 7th@ PHIAndrew Painter (1-8)#213   
Fri, May 8th@ BALKyle Bradish (7-10)#43   
Sat, May 9th@ BALShane Baz (4-10)#63   
Sun, May 10th@ BALKeegan Akin (0-1)   
Tue, May 12thvs STLAndre Pallante (11-6)#111   
Wed, May 13thvs STLMatthew Liberatore (5-8)#118   
Thu, May 14thvs STLMichael McGreevy (4-9)#98   
Fri, May 15thvs SFTyler Mahle (3-9)#100   
Sat, May 16thvs SFTrevor McDonald (3-7)   
Sun, May 17thvs SFAdrian Houser (2-7)#189   
Mon, May 18th@ LAAWalbert Urena (7-7)#261   
Tue, May 19th@ LAAReid Detmers (3-7)#35   
Wed, May 20th@ LAAJack Kochanowicz (2-5)   
Thu, May 21st@ LAAJose Soriano (9-6)#46   
Fri, May 22nd@ SDWalker Buehler (6-5)#243   
Sat, May 23rd@ SDLucas Giolito (2-3)#306   
Sun, May 24th@ SDMichael King (6-8)#57   
Mon, May 25thvs SEALuis Castillo (3-9)#61   
Tue, May 26thvs SEAEmerson Hancock (6-5)#76   
Wed, May 27thvs SEALogan Gilbert (8-6)#9   
Fri, May 29thvs NYYCarlos Rodon (4-2)#101   
Sat, May 30thvs NYYRyan Weathers (4-7)#64   
Sun, May 31stvs NYYWill Warren (8-5)#65   
Tue, Jun 2nd@ CHCJameson Taillon (2-6)#145   
Wed, Jun 3rd@ CHCColin Rea (8-8)#169   
Thu, Jun 4th@ CHCShota Imanaga (7-9)#28   
Fri, Jun 5th@ HOUPeter Lambert (8-5)#116   
Sat, Jun 6th@ HOUTatsuya Imai (6-4)#142   
Sun, Jun 7th@ HOUMike Burrows (4-9)#221   
Mon, Jun 8thvs MILKyle Harrison (8-2)#44   
Tue, Jun 9thvs MILRobert Gasser (3-4)#110   
Wed, Jun 10thvs MILBrandon Sproat (3-7)#151   
Fri, Jun 12thvs COLSean Sullivan (0-3)#424   
Sat, Jun 13thvs COLKyle Freeland (3-10)#320   
Sun, Jun 14thvs COLTomoyuki Sugano (11-4)#434   
Mon, Jun 15thvs PITJared Jones (2-2)#52   
Tue, Jun 16thvs PITMitch Keller (6-8)#124   
Wed, Jun 17thvs PITBraxton Ashcraft (11-4)#31   
Thu, Jun 18thvs LAARyan Johnson (2-6)#236   
Fri, Jun 19thvs LAAJose Soriano (9-6)#46   
Sat, Jun 20thvs LAAWalbert Urena (7-7)#261   
Sun, Jun 21stvs LAAReid Detmers (3-7)#35   
Tue, Jun 23rd@ SFRobbie Ray (10-6)#97   
Wed, Jun 24th@ SFTyler Mahle (3-9)#100   
Thu, Jun 25th@ SFLanden Roupp (7-10)#62   
Fri, Jun 26th@ LAAWalbert Urena (7-7)#261   
Sat, Jun 27th@ LAAReid Detmers (3-7)#35   
Sun, Jun 28th@ LAASam Aldegheri (3-4)#423   
Mon, Jun 29thvs LADEric Lauer (6-5)#312   
Tue, Jun 30thvs LADJustin Wrobleski (11-3)#92   
Wed, Jul 1stvs LADJack Dreyer (4-1)#146   
Fri, Jul 3rdvs MIATyler Phillips (3-5)#263   
Sat, Jul 4thvs MIASandy Alcantara (12-6)#58   
Sun, Jul 5thvs MIAEury Perez (5-8)#41   
Tue, Jul 7th@ DETTarik Skubal (7-5)#2   
Wed, Jul 8th@ DETTroy Melton (6-1)#59   
Thu, Jul 9th@ DETFramber Valdez (6-7)#32   
Fri, Jul 10th@ CWSSean Burke (7-5)#66   
Sat, Jul 11th@ CWSBryan Hudson (3-4)#150   
Sun, Jul 12th@ CWSNoah Schultz (3-8)#190   
Fri, Jul 17thvs WSHCade Cavalli (8-5)#54   
Sat, Jul 18thvs WSHZack Littell (7-8)#191   
Sun, Jul 19thvs WSHFoster Griffin (12-3)#53   
Mon, Jul 20th@ ARIMitch Bratt (0-1)#195   
Tue, Jul 21st@ ARIKohl Drake (0-0)#267   
Wed, Jul 22nd@ ARIMerrill Kelly (8-9)#130   
Fri, Jul 24th@ MINZebby Matthews (4-8)#131   
Sat, Jul 25th@ MINKendry Rojas (1-1)#200   
Sun, Jul 26th@ MINConnor Prielipp (3-5)#106   
Mon, Jul 27thvs BOSPayton Tolle (6-6)#40   
Tue, Jul 28thvs BOSJake Bennett (7-4)#87   
Wed, Jul 29thvs BOSPatrick Sandoval (0-0)#121   
Thu, Jul 30thvs BOSSonny Gray (13-2)#27   
Fri, Jul 31stvs DETTyler Holton (1-4)#138   
Sat, Aug 1stvs DETFramber Valdez (6-7)#32   
Sun, Aug 2ndvs DETKeider Montero (8-6)#103   
Tue, Aug 4th@ CINBrady Singer (5-10)#152   
Wed, Aug 5th@ CINRhett Lowder (3-7)#280   
Thu, Aug 6th@ CINHunter Greene (2-2)#29   
Fri, Aug 7th@ BOSPayton Tolle (6-6)#40   
Sat, Aug 8th@ BOSJake Bennett (7-4)#87   
Sun, Aug 9th@ BOSPatrick Sandoval (0-0)#121   
Mon, Aug 10thvs TBFreddy Peralta (5-9)#50   
Tue, Aug 11thvs TBNick Martinez (10-3)#99   
Wed, Aug 12thvs TBDrew Rasmussen (10-5)#17   
Fri, Aug 14thvs TEX   
Sat, Aug 15thvs TEX   
Sun, Aug 16thvs TEX   
Mon, Aug 17th@ KC   
Tue, Aug 18th@ KC   
Wed, Aug 19th@ KC   
Thu, Aug 20th@ KC   
Fri, Aug 21st@ HOU   
Sat, Aug 22nd@ HOU   
Sun, Aug 23rd@ HOU   
Mon, Aug 24thvs MIN   
Tue, Aug 25thvs MIN   
Wed, Aug 26thvs MIN   
Fri, Aug 28thvs BAL   
Sat, Aug 29thvs BAL   
Sun, Aug 30thvs BAL   
Mon, Aug 31st@ TEX   
Tue, Sep 1st@ TEX   
Wed, Sep 2nd@ TEX   
Thu, Sep 3rd@ SEA   
Fri, Sep 4th@ SEA   
Sat, Sep 5th@ SEA   
Sun, Sep 6th@ SEA   
Mon, Sep 7thvs TOR   
Tue, Sep 8thvs TOR   
Wed, Sep 9thvs TOR   
Fri, Sep 11thvs SEA   
Sat, Sep 12thvs SEA   
Sun, Sep 13thvs SEA   
Tue, Sep 15th@ TB   
Wed, Sep 16th@ TB   
Thu, Sep 17th@ TB   
Fri, Sep 18th@ CLE   
Sat, Sep 19th@ CLE   
Sun, Sep 20th@ CLE   
Tue, Sep 22ndvs LAA   
Wed, Sep 23rdvs LAA   
Thu, Sep 24thvs HOU   
Fri, Sep 25thvs HOU   
Sat, Sep 26thvs HOU   
Sun, Sep 27thvs HOU