Lawrence Butler Total Hits Props • Oakland
Lawrence Butler is projected to hit 1st on the lineup card in this game, which would be an upgrade from his 58% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the lineup this season. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 15-mph in this game, the strongest of the day for bats. Lawrence Butler will hold the platoon advantage over Hayden Birdsong today. Lawrence Butler will benefit from the home field advantage today, which ought to improve all of his stats. Lawrence Butler has seen a sizeable improvement in his exit velocity on flyballs this year; just compare his 95.2-mph average to last season's 90.4-mph figure.