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Lawrence Butler or Gerrit Cole

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Lawrence Butler

Lawrence Butler

RFOakland Athletics ATH
Gerrit Cole

Gerrit Cole

SPNew York Yankees NYY
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Butler over Cole

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Lawrence Butler
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cole over Butler

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Gerrit Cole
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Performance Lawrence Butler
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.125121.1760.31304
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.200272.2170.356110
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Gerrit Cole
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Lawrence Butler
OWN
92%
-2.7 compared to last week
START
60%
-28.27 compared to last week
OWN/START Gerrit Cole
OWN
14%
-1.41 compared to last week
START
 
2%
-0.34 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Lawrence Butler
18th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Gerrit Cole
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Lawrence Butler

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 18th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 46th.
  • 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 197th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.294
  • Ranked 208th in batting average with 0.242
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 219th with 0.307
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 160th with 0.409
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 181st with 0.716
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 234th with 6
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 254th in RBI with 14
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 154th in runs scored with 19
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.064, OBP: +0.025, HRs: +4, RBI: +7, Runs: +11, Wlks: -1, Stls: +3,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Gerrit Cole

    Overview

  • I couldn't find any stats of this player even playing a game in the past 60 days. This is most likely due to an injury or time in the minors.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Lawrence Butler

No Injury Reported

Injury Gerrit Cole

ELBOW - Since Mar 10, 2025

Cole underwent Tommy John surgery and has been placed on the 60-day injured list. He is expected to miss the 2025 season.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Lawrence Butler
DateOpponentResult
May 13@LADLandon Knack
May 14@LADYoshinobu Yamamoto
May 15@LADRoki Sasaki
May 16@SFLogan Webb
May 17@SFLanden Roupp
May 18@SFJustin Verlander
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Gerrit Cole
DateOpponentResult
May 12@SEAClarke SchmidtW 5-11
May 13@SEABryan Woo
May 14@SEALuis Castillo
May 16VS NYMTylor Megill
May 17VS NYMGriffin Canning
May 18VS NYMDavid Peterson
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Lawrence Butler
14.52
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Gerrit Cole
0.00
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 38 36 6 19 14 6 14 .234 .298 .396 115
ON PACE 150 142 23 75 55 23 55 .234 .298 .396 454
3-YEAR AVG 89 67 13 37 34 9 20 .249 .298 .454 247
Career 216 169 32 92 81 24 53 .245 .298 .441
Career Gerrit Cole
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2013 PIT 19 117.1 1727 100 28 0 10-7 3.22 1.17 7.7 324
2014 PIT 22 138.0 2197 138 40 0 11-5 3.65 1.21 9 366
2015 PIT 32 205.2 3234 202 44 0 19-8 2.67 1.11 8.8 594
2016 PIT 21 113.2 1938 98 36 0 7-10 3.88 1.47 7.8 263
2017 PIT 33 203.0 3298 196 55 0 12-12 4.26 1.25 8.7 487
2018 HOU 32 198.0 3257 276 64 0 15-5 2.91 1.05 12.6 634
2019 HOU 38 249.0 3913 373 59 0 24-6 2.39 0.89 13.5 874
2020 NYY 15 91.1 1499 124 21 0 9-3 2.86 0.95 12.2 291
2021 NYY 31 184.0 3019 246 43 0 16-9 3.33 1.08 12 540
2022 NYY 32 193.2 3160 245 49 0 14-7 3.49 1.01 11.4 554
2023 NYY 33 206.2 3286 222 48 0 15-4 2.66 0.99 9.7 614
2024 NYY 22 121.2 1986 121 39 0 9-5 3.18 1.18 9 307
ON PACE 86 479 7847 478 154 0 35-19 3.18 1.18 9 1213
3-YEAR AVG 29 174 2811 196 45 0 13-5 3.09 1.04 10.1 492
Career 330 2010.1 32514 2341 526 0 0-0 3.18 1.1 10.5
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