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Lawrence Butler or Michael King

Who Should I Start? - Week 3 • Start New
Lawrence Butler

Lawrence Butler

RFOakland Athletics ATH
Michael King

Michael King

SPSan Diego Padres SD
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Butler over King

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Lawrence Butler
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting King over Butler

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Michael King
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Performance Lawrence Butler
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.400133.5000.60015
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.286136.3880.429111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Michael King
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.191-000221.921
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.122-0001671.603
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Lawrence Butler
OWN
96%
-1.75 compared to last week
START
87%
-2.53 compared to last week
OWN/START Michael King
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
88%
No change since last week.
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Lawrence Butler
19th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Michael King
11th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Lawrence Butler

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 20th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 22nd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Kyle Tucker
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 102nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.324
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.286 and is currently ranked 79th
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 63rd with 0.388
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 116th with 0.429
  • Top 100 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 94th with 0.816
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 215th with 1
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 50th with 7
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 306th in RBI with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 142nd in runs scored with 6
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.125, OBP: +0.131, HRs: +1, RBI: +3, Runs: +6, Wlks: +3, Stls: +1,
Breakdown Michael King

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 11th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 21st.
  • The current leader among SP's is Hunter Greene
  • He should be doing a bit better than this. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 101st in WHIP with 1.69
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 69th with 4.35
  • Top 10 in walks and is currently ranked 9th with 7
  • Top 35 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 30th with 16
  • Top 15 in wins and is currently ranked 14th with 2
  • Top 50 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 38th with 13.1
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: EVEN, L: EVEN, WHIP: +0.111, ERA: +0.929, K's: +1, Walks: -4
Next Up Health Check
Injury Lawrence Butler

No Injury Reported

Injury Michael King

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Lawrence Butler
DateOpponentResult
Apr 07VS SDMichael KingL 4-5
Apr 08VS SDDylan Cease
Apr 09VS SDRandy Vasquez
Apr 11VS NYMGriffin Canning
Apr 12VS NYMDavid Peterson
Apr 13VS NYMKodai Senga
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250010.4000.25001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Michael King
DateOpponentResult
Apr 07@ATHMichael KingW 4-5
Apr 08@ATHJeffrey Springs
Apr 09@ATHOsvaldo Bido
Apr 11VS COLGerman Marquez
Apr 12VS COL
Apr 13VS COLKyle Freeland
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.191-000221.921
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Lawrence Butler
16.57
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Michael King
19.74
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
2025 ATH 11 12 1 6 3 1 7 .286 .388 .429 40
ON PACE 162 176 14 88 44 14 103 .286 .388 .429 589
3-YEAR AVG 89 67 13 37 34 9 20 .249 .298 .454 247
Career 189 145 27 79 70 19 46 .251 .305 .452
Career Michael King
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2019 NYY 1 2.0 41 1 0 0 0-0 0 1 4.5 4
2020 NYY 11 30.0 559 30 12 0 1-2 7.5 1.6 9 44
2021 NYY 21 61.1 989 59 24 0 2-4 3.67 1.32 8.7 106
2022 NYY 34 51.1 776 66 16 1 6-3 2.28 0.99 11.6 149
2023 NYY 49 95.1 1681 127 32 6 4-8 3.21 1.26 12 258
2024 SD 33 183.1 3061 216 64 0 15-9 2.95 1.18 10.6 494
2025 SD 3 13.1 265 16 7 0 2-0 4.05 1.58 10.8 36
ON PACE 44 193 3902 235 103 0 29-0 4.05 1.58 10.8 532
3-YEAR AVG 39 110 1839 136 37 2 8-7 2.93 1.17 11.1 301
Career 152 434.1 7372 515 155 0 0-0 3.38 1.24 10.7
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