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Lawrence Butler or Paul Goldschmidt

Who Should I Start? - Week 32 • Start New
Lawrence Butler

Lawrence Butler

RFOakland Athletics OAK
Paul Goldschmidt

Paul Goldschmidt

1B
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Butler over Goldschmidt

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Lawrence Butler
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Goldschmidt over Butler

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Paul Goldschmidt
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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 Paul Goldschmidt
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Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Lawrence Butler
OWN
90%
+8.18 compared to last week
START
60%
+5.45 compared to last week
OWN/START Paul Goldschmidt
OWN
90%
-0.91 compared to last week
START
90%
-0.91 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Lawrence Butler
23rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Paul Goldschmidt
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Lawrence Butler

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 24th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 38th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He has been under achieving. 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

  • Top 75 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.362 and is currently ranked 64th
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.289 and is currently ranked 72nd
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 112th with 0.337
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 99th with 0.454
  • Top 100 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 100th with 0.790
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 122nd with 6
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 374th in RBI with 5
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 196th in runs scored with 13
  • 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 Paul Goldschmidt

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 1B DH . However, he plays 1B most often.
  • Experts don't even rank him among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 14th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Freddie Freeman
  • 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 121st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.324
  • Ranked 127th in batting average with 0.263
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 208th with 0.301
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 101st with 0.453
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 123rd with 0.754
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 199th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 260th in RBI with 9
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 240th in runs scored with 10
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.8 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.025, OBP: -0.064, HRs: -3, RBI: -16, Runs: -19, Wlks: -39, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Lawrence Butler

No Injury Reported

Injury Paul Goldschmidt

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Lawrence Butler
DateOpponentResult
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Matchups Paul Goldschmidt
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Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Lawrence Butler
3.90
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Paul Goldschmidt
3.99
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 89 67 13 37 34 9 20 .249 .298 .454 247
Career 178 133 26 73 67 18 39 .249 .298 .454
Career Paul Goldschmidt
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2011 ARI 48 39 10 29 31 4 20 N/A N/A N/A 111
2012 ARI 145 147 20 82 82 18 60 .286 .358 .490 447
2013 ARI 160 182 36 103 125 15 99 .302 .401 .551 617
2014 ARI 104 120 18 74 68 9 58 .307 .396 .550 381
2015 ARI 159 182 33 103 110 21 118 .321 .435 .570 621
2016 ARI 158 172 24 106 95 32 110 .297 .411 .489 583
2017 ARI 155 166 36 117 120 18 94 .297 .404 .563 608
2018 ARI 158 172 33 95 83 7 90 .290 .389 .533 512
2019 STL 170 165 36 102 99 3 80 .260 .344 .479 503
2020 STL 61 64 8 34 26 1 38 .309 .417 .507 184
2021 STL 160 172 31 100 98 12 68 .289 .363 .511 618
2022 STL 145 170 33 98 109 6 72 .321 .404 .581 608
2023 STL 155 159 25 89 80 11 86 .269 .364 .449 537
2024 STL 154 145 22 70 64 11 47 .244 .300 .410 430
3-YEAR AVG 151 158 27 86 84 9 68 .276 .355 .476 525
Career 1932 2055 365 1202 1190 168 1040 .295 .388 .513
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Matchup Time
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DAL vs LAC 8:30 PM EST
DET @PHO 9:00 PM EST
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