Who Should I Trade?

Lawrence Butler for Ryan Waldschmidt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 151	# 216
VBR	# 167	# 484

Projections

Runs	26	17
Home Runs	7	3
RBI	24	15
Stolen Bases	6	4
Batting Average	.237	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 173	# 260

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 153	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	# 199

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 137	# 236

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 387	# 462

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 167	# 155

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	248	119

Runs	32	12

Hits	49	30

Singles	35	19

Doubles	9	10

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	23	9

Stolen Bases	6	6

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	34	9

Strikeouts	76	45

Batting Average	.198	.252

On Base Pct	.297	.308

Slugging Pct	.294	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.591	.661

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	186	125

Runs	26	17

Hits	44	30

Singles	27	20

Doubles	9	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	24	15

Stolen Bases	6	4

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	19	14

Strikeouts	54	36

Batting Average	.237	.243

On Base Pct	.308	.326

Slugging Pct	.407	.378

On-base Plus Slugging	.715	.704

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
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	Ryan Waldschmidt exited Friday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the sixth inning after being hit by a pitch on his right thumb. He underwent X-rays after the game, which came back negative. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	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	The Diamondbacks recalled Ryan Waldschmidt from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 23-9 loss to the Rockies with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th	The Diamondbacks optioned OF Ryan Waldschmidt to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Ryan Waldschmidt went 2-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI triple, and a stolen base on Sunday during the Diamondbacks' 9-1 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Mon, May 25th
	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	Ryan Waldschmidt went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a walk, two runs scored, an RBI, and two stolen bases in a perfect night at the dish on Monday. David Leisering Tue, May 19th
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			Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#199	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#174	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Lawrence Butler for Ryan Waldschmidt (2026)

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