Who Should I Trade?

Lawrence Butler for Wade Meckler (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 151	‐
VBR	# 186	# 1144

Projections

Runs	23	9
Home Runs	6	1
RBI	21	7
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.238	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 173	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 153	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 175	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 140	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 387	# 214

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	261	138

Runs	34	19

Hits	53	41

Singles	38	31

Doubles	9	8

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	25	17

Stolen Bases	6	3

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	37	15

Strikeouts	79	34

Batting Average	.203	.297

On Base Pct	.303	.366

Slugging Pct	.303	.399

On-base Plus Slugging	.606	.765

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	165	71

Runs	23	9

Hits	39	17

Singles	24	13

Doubles	8	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	21	7

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	17	8

Strikeouts	48	18

Batting Average	.238	.243

On Base Pct	.310	.321

Slugging Pct	.410	.322

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.643

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
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	Wade Meckler went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Twins with a double and one stolen base. Chris Schommer 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	Wade Meckler left Sunday’s game against the Rays with a head injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 23-9 loss to the Rockies with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th	Wade Meckler went 4-for-5 with a pair of runs scored on Wednesday during the Angels' 10-4 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Thu, Jun 4th
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	Wade Meckler went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run in his season debut on Friday, helping the Angels to a 9-6 victory over the Rangers. David Leisering Sat, May 23rd
	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	The Angels selected the contract of Wade Meckler. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
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			Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#151	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Lawrence Butler for Wade Meckler (2026)

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