Lawrence Butler

B/T L/R · 6' 3" · 210 lb · born Burlington, NJ, USA · age 26 · draft 2018 rd 6 · MLB debut 2023-08-11

BREAKOUTMLB Breakout Board

The shape of the seasonEV95 110.1 → 107.7 mphweekly · trailing 75 balls in play

Scout’s note

A sixth-round pick from Burlington, New Jersey, Butler broke out with 22 homers in 2024 and has spent 2026 hitting .199 with some of the hardest contact in our MLB sample — 109.3 mph EV95. That combination is exactly what the breakout signal hunts: results lagging a swing that is doing everything right.

The Wire

▼ On the field: Fans criticize Butler for poor hitting below .200 average with low OPS and weak defense, calling him a waste of money who should be DFAd or sent to the minors.

△ On cardboard: Sellers list 2024 Topps Chrome Orange Logofractor and Finest Green Refractor rookie cards of Butler in PSA grades, with notes of anticipation for a 5/5 club card.

X chatter, trailing 7 days · as of 2026-07-12 · newest post 2026-07-11 · summarized by Grok (xAI) · how this works →

The line

Last 14 days: 12 G · .147 AVG · 0 HR · 1 RBI · .532 OPS

Year	Team	Lvl	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OPS
2023	Oakland Athletics	MLB	42	123	10	26	4	10	0	4	35	.211	.581
2024	Oakland Athletics	MLB	125	412	63	108	22	57	18	35	108	.262	.807
2025	Athletics	MLB	152	569	83	133	21	63	22	59	179	.234	.710
2026	Athletics	MLB	88	240	31	47	5	22	6	33	73	.196	.592
MLB CAREER			407	1344	187	314	52	152	46	131	395	.234	.708

Bio & season lines: MLB StatsAPI · refreshed nightly · abbreviations →

Current signals

The read: Butler is hitting the ball harder than 88% of the 306 qualified MLB hitters in our sample (EV95 109.3; league median 106.1), while his results on contact run further below the physics than 96% of them. Loud bat, quieter stat line — the breakout shape; he ranks No. 10 of 20 on the breakout board.

EV95 (mph): 109.27
Luck gap (park-adj): -0.0702
Overlay score: 0.7865
WAR (season · MLB calc): -1.1
Balls in play: 164
Age: 26

The card rack

FlagshipLawrence Butler #T91-85 · 2026 Topps 1991 · 83 recent sales

$1.49Raw$12.33PSA 9$36.69PSA 10$48.00BGS 10

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The rookieLawrence Butler [Refractor] #5 · 2024 Topps Chrome · 49 recent sales

$1.36Raw$15.29PSA 9$29.99PSA 10$39.00BGS 10

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