Lawrence Butler Total Hits Props • Oakland
Lawrence Butler has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this year (70% of the time), but he is penciled in 1st in the lineup in today's game. Oracle Park projects as the #9 venue in the game for lefty batting average, via the leading projection system (THE BAT). Oracle Park has the 2nd-shallowest RF dimensions among all stadiums. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 11.5-mph in this game, the 4th-most-favorable of the day for hitters. Lawrence Butler has seen a substantial improvement in his exit velocity recently; just compare his 95.1-mph average in the last 14 days to his seasonal 92.6-mph figure.