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Lawrence Butler or Yordan Alvarez

Who Should I Start? - Week 30 • Start New
Lawrence Butler

Lawrence Butler

RFOakland Athletics OAK
Yordan Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

LFHouston Astros HOU
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Butler over Alvarez

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Lawrence Butler
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alvarez over Butler

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Yordan Alvarez
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Performance Lawrence Butler
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Yordan Alvarez
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Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Lawrence Butler
OWN
82%
-0.98 compared to last week
START
47%
-8.5 compared to last week
OWN/START Yordan Alvarez
OWN
94%
-0.32 compared to last week
START
94%
-0.32 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Lawrence Butler
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Yordan Alvarez
4th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Lawrence Butler

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 9th.
  • The current leader among RF's is Aaron Judge
  • In the past two weeks he has had an awful lot of time off. Either he isn't an every day player or he is coming back from an injury of some sort. I suggest checking out his news page to get a closer look.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 109th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.324
  • Top 50 in batting average with 0.303 and is currently ranked 38th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 108th with 0.340
  • Top 20 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 20th with 0.559
  • Top 35 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 32nd with 0.898
  • Top 75 in steals and is currently ranked 59th with 8
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 172nd in RBI with 19
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 127th in runs scored with 26
  • Top 100 in HRs and is currently ranked 90th with 9
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.049, OBP: +0.075, HRs: +18, RBI: +47, Runs: +53, Wlks: +31, Stls: +18,
Breakdown Yordan Alvarez

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH LF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 4th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 15th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Aaron Judge
  • He should be doing a bit better than this. Look for him to bounce back.
  • In the past two weeks he has had an awful lot of time off. Either he isn't an every day player or he is coming back from an injury of some sort. I suggest checking out his news page to get a closer look.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 132nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.316
  • Top 20 in batting average with 0.320 and is currently ranked 20th
  • Top 35 on base percentage and is currently ranked 32nd with 0.385
  • Top 10 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 7th with 0.609
  • Top 10 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 9th with 0.994
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 152nd with 2
  • Top 100 in RBI and is currently ranked 87th with 21
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 124th in runs scored with 18
  • Top 25 in HRs and is currently ranked 24th with 10
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.012, OBP: -0.015, HRs: -2, RBI: -19, Runs: +1, Wlks: -1, Stls: +7,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Lawrence Butler

No Injury Reported

Injury Yordan Alvarez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Lawrence Butler
DateOpponentResult
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Matchups Yordan Alvarez
DateOpponentResult
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Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Lawrence Butler
6.10
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Yordan Alvarez
20.84
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Lawrence Butler
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 OAK 52 26 4 10 10 0 4 .211 .240 .341 83
2024 OAK 126 107 22 63 57 18 35 .260 .315 .488 410
3-YEAR AVG 52 26 4 10 10 0 4 .211 .240 .341 83
Career 178 133 26 73 67 18 39 .249 .298 .454
Career Yordan Alvarez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 HOU 105 112 28 63 81 0 59 .302 .399 .606 371
2020 HOU 2 2 1 2 4 0 0 .250 .333 .625 11
2021 HOU 159 164 35 104 112 1 62 .282 .358 .539 593
2022 HOU 142 143 38 99 105 1 81 .292 .398 .591 600
2023 HOU 134 139 37 89 112 0 73 .307 .415 .616 581
2024 HOU 149 172 35 88 86 7 70 .308 .392 .565 627
3-YEAR AVG 145 149 37 97 110 1 72 .293 .388 .578 591
Career 691 732 174 445 500 9 345 .297 .391 .580
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