Who Should I Trade?

Lawrence Butler for Michael Conforto (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 150	# 288
VBR	# 189	# 952

Projections

Runs	24	13
Home Runs	6	4
RBI	21	13
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.237	.225

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 174	# 248

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 153	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 175	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 140	# 368

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 387	# 269

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	261	153

Runs	34	21

Hits	53	36

Singles	38	17

Doubles	9	10

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	9

RBI	25	24

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	37	20

Strikeouts	79	52

Batting Average	.203	.235

On Base Pct	.303	.322

Slugging Pct	.303	.477

On-base Plus Slugging	.606	.799

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	167	98

Runs	24	13

Hits	40	22

Singles	24	13

Doubles	8	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	21	13

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	18	12

Strikeouts	49	29

Batting Average	.237	.225

On Base Pct	.309	.317

Slugging Pct	.407	.392

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.708

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC
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	Michael Conforto went 1-for2 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and two RBI in Tuesday's 11-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Michael Conforto went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 9-7 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
	Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 23-9 loss to the Rockies with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th	Michael Conforto went 3-for-4 with two home runs, two walks, four runs scored and four RBI in Wednesday's 23-3 win over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 2nd
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Michael Conforto went 1-for-1 with a solo home run in Saturday's 8-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
	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	Michael Conforto hit a game-tying three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning as part of a two-hit day on Sunday. The White Sox, however, won the game, 9-8, in 10 innings. David Leisering Sun, May 17th
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			Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Lawrence Butler for Michael Conforto (2026)

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