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Lawrence Butler or Paul Goldschmidt

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Lawrence Butler

Lawrence Butler

RFOakland Athletics ATH
Paul Goldschmidt

Paul Goldschmidt

1BNew York Yankees NYY
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Goldschmidt over Butler

 
 
 
 
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Performance Lawrence Butler
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167021.2500.33305
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.182152.2340.318111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Paul Goldschmidt
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.348165.3750.60916
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.3182810.3750.523212
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Lawrence Butler
OWN
90%
-2.56 compared to last week
START
65%
-4.01 compared to last week
OWN/START Paul Goldschmidt
OWN
96%
+3.64 compared to last week
START
85%
+2.96 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Lawrence Butler
19th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Paul Goldschmidt
14th
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 49th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Aaron Judge
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 235th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.280
  • Ranked 259th in batting average with 0.227
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 264th with 0.293
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 191st with 0.390
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 219th with 0.682
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 279th with 6
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 260th in RBI with 16
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 201st in runs scored with 20
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.057, OBP: +0.02, HRs: +4, RBI: +9, Runs: +12, Wlks: +1, Stls: +3,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Paul Goldschmidt

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 14th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 6th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Pete Alonso
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 25 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.393 and is currently ranked 24th
  • Top 20 in batting average with 0.341 and is currently ranked 16th
  • Top 35 on base percentage and is currently ranked 27th with 0.389
  • Top 75 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 71st with 0.494
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 44th with 0.883
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 183rd with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 111th in RBI with 24
  • Top 75 in runs scored and is currently ranked 61st with 28
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.128, OBP: +0.093, HRs: +1, RBI: +8, Runs: +7, Wlks: -6, Stls: +1,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Lawrence Butler

No Injury Reported

Injury Paul Goldschmidt

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Lawrence Butler
DateOpponentResult
May 13@LADJeffrey SpringsW 1-11
May 14@LADYoshinobu YamamotoL 9-3
May 15@LADJustin WrobleskiL 19-2
May 16@SFLogan WebbL 9-1
May 17@SFCamilo DovalL 1-0
May 18@SFJustin Verlander
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167021.2500.33305
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Paul Goldschmidt
DateOpponentResult
May 12@SEAClarke SchmidtW 5-11
May 13@SEACasey LeguminaL 2-1
May 14@SEAIan HamiltonW 2-3
May 16VS NYMCarlos RodonW 6-2
May 17VS NYMReed GarrettL 2-3
May 18VS NYMDavid Peterson
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.278144.3160.44415
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Lawrence Butler
14.23
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Paul Goldschmidt
16.19
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 43 39 6 20 16 6 16 .227 .293 .390 126
ON PACE 151 137 21 70 56 21 56 .227 .293 .390 443
3-YEAR AVG 89 67 13 37 34 9 20 .249 .298 .454 247
Career 221 172 32 93 83 24 55 .243 .297 .438
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
2025 NYY 45 58 5 28 24 3 12 .341 .389 .494 168
ON PACE 162 208 18 100 86 10 43 .341 .389 .494 604
3-YEAR AVG 151 158 27 86 84 9 68 .276 .355 .476 525
Career 1977 2113 370 1230 1214 171 1052 .297 .388 .512
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