Who Should I Trade?

Lawrence Butler for Troy Johnston (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 179	# 192
VBR	# 148	# 294

Projections

Runs	21	14
Home Runs	6	3
RBI	20	14
Stolen Bases	5	3
Batting Average	.238	.260

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 173	# 193

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 153	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	# 152

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 146	# 187

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 387	# 155

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	285	315

Runs	39	36

Hits	61	89

Singles	41	61

Doubles	13	25

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	3

RBI	29	41

Stolen Bases	6	4

Caught Stealing	3	5

Walks	39	30

Strikeouts	86	61

Batting Average	.214	.283

On Base Pct	.310	.349

Slugging Pct	.330	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.640	.740

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	153	118

Runs	21	14

Hits	36	31

Singles	22	21

Doubles	8	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	6	3

RBI	20	14

Stolen Bases	5	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	16	9

Strikeouts	45	25

Batting Average	.238	.260

On Base Pct	.312	.322

Slugging Pct	.412	.395

On-base Plus Slugging	.723	.718

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
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	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run, three runs scored, and four runs batted in during Colorado's 23-9 win over the Athletics on Sunday. David Leisering Mon, Jun 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	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a run scored, an RBI, and a stolen base during the Rockies' loss to the Giants on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
	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	Troy Johnston had a pair of singles and a walk in four plate appearances on Saturday during Colorado's 5-4 loss to Arizona. He also stole his second base of the season. David Leisering Sun, May 24th
	Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 23-9 loss to the Rockies with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a walk and a pair of runs batted in on Thursday as the Rockies dropped a 10-8 decision to the Padres. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two RBI, a stolen base, and a run scored to lead the Rockies to a 4-3 win over the Dodgers on Saturday. David Leisering Sun, Apr 19th
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			Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#242
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#392
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#146	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Mon, Apr 6th				vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Lawrence Butler for Troy Johnston (2026)

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