Who Should I Trade?

Lawrence Butler for Zach Dezenzo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 179	# 388
VBR	# 149	# 1170

Projections

Runs	22	7
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	20	6
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.238	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 173	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 153	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 146	# 396

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 387	# 394

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	285	74

Runs	39	11

Hits	61	16

Singles	41	11

Doubles	13	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	29	3

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	39	7

Strikeouts	86	30

Batting Average	.214	.216

On Base Pct	.310	.284

Slugging Pct	.330	.311

On-base Plus Slugging	.640	.595

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	154	50

Runs	22	7

Hits	37	11

Singles	23	8

Doubles	8	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	20	6

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	5

Strikeouts	45	17

Batting Average	.238	.228

On Base Pct	.311	.301

Slugging Pct	.410	.369

On-base Plus Slugging	.721	.670

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU
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 Astros are reportedly calling Zach Dezenzo up from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	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	The Astros optioned OF Zach Dezenzo to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	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	Zach Dezenzo went 1-for-3 in a 10-0 win over the Reds with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 9th
	Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 23-9 loss to the Rockies with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th	Zach Dezenzo has been called up from Triple-A. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 5th
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	The Astros activated Zach Dezenzo from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
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			Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Lawrence Butler for Zach Dezenzo (2026)

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