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    Lawrence Butler hit a homer and scored twice in a loss to the Padres on Saturday.
    Butler smoked a 423-foot homer in the sixth inning for his first Cactus League homer of the season. The 24-year-old is currently in talks for a long-term extension after showing out in the second half of the 2024 campaign. He’ll hit at the top of a solid Athletics’ lineup, and while the strikeouts are a bit concerning, the rest of the metrics suggest he can be a strong fantasy option again in 2025.
  • ATH Right Fielder #4
    The Athletic’s Evan Drellich reports the Athletics and Lawrence Butler are engaged in discussions regarding a long-term contract extension.
    MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand adds that it’s unclear how close the two sides are to getting an agreement across the finish line. The Athletics made a significant financial commitment last month when they signed Brent Rooker to a five-year, $60 million extension and appear to be making a similar effort here to lock up one of their potential franchise cornerstones. The 24-year-old burgeoning fantasy stalwart made some mechanical tweaks to his swing and hit .291 with 20 homers and 15 steals over his final 84 contests after being recalled on June 18. He’s still going to strike out roughly a quarter of the time, but near-elite batted ball metrics, including a 47.7 percent hard-hit rate, point to a rising star just beginning his takeoff sequence.
  • ATH Right Fielder #4
    Lawrence Butler doubled Thursday to extend his hitting streak to 20 games.
    It’s the eighth time in the last nine games that he’s had exactly one hit. Butler is the first A’s player to hit in 20 straight since Eric Byrnes made it 22 games in a row in 2003.
  • ATH Right Fielder #4
    Lawrence Butler is back in right field Wednesday after missing Tuesday’s game with an illness.
    Butler is leading off against Hunter Brown and the Astros.
  • ATH Right Fielder #4
    Lawrence Butler (illness) is not in the Athletics lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Astros.
    Butler is said to be dealing with a virus that’s been going around the Oakland clubhouse. Manager Mark Kotsay is hopeful Butler can bounce back for Wednesday’s game, according to Martin J Gallegos of MLB.com.
  • ATH Right Fielder #4
    Lawrence Butler went 4-for-5 with a double and a steal Sunday against the Rangers.
    Unfortunately, Butler never touched home plate today, ending his streak of games with a run scored at 10. That was the case even though he was hitting leadoff in front of another guy with four hits in Brent Rooker. Between the two of them, they had eight hits, zero runs scored and one RBI (Rooker drove in Jacob Wilson once). Butler has raised his average from .237 to .265 since Aug. 20.
  • ATH Right Fielder #4
    Lawrence Butler went 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored against the Rangers on Saturday.
    Butler was ice cold to start the month of August, but is now riding a 10-game hitting streak that has seen him go 16-for-41 (.390) with seven home runs, 13 RBI, and two steals. He is not going to come out of the A’s lineup unless he get injured, so he’s worth adding back in all leagues where he was dropped.
  • ATH Right Fielder #4
    Lawrence Butler went 3-for-4 with three home runs and four RBI on Thursday in a loss to the Reds.
    Butler now has 19 home runs on the season following his third career multi-homer performance. The 24-year-old rising star hit home runs off Reds rookie Julian Aguiar in the second and fourth innings before taking Reds closer Alexis Díaz deep in the ninth inning for a game-tying solo shot. It was his second three-homer game this season. He has five home runs over his last three games and is now hitting .255 with an .816 OPS and 51 RBI on the year. There’s a strong possibility he’s a top 30 fantasy outfielder heading into 2025.
  • ATH Right Fielder #4
    Lawrence Butler went 2-for-5 with a leadoff homer, two RBI and also stole a base on Wednesday, leading the Athletics to a 9-6 win over the Reds.
    Butler blasted a tone-setting leadoff homer off Reds opener Fernando Cruz — his 16th round-tripper of the season — as part of another multi-hit performance. He also picked up an additional RBI on a seventh-inning groundout. The 24-year-old outfielder has put together one of the more impressive second-half breakout performances with seven homers and six steals in 34 games since the All-Star break. He’s at 16 homers and 12 steals overall this season in just 99 games heading into the final month of the year.
  • ATH Right Fielder #4
    Lawrence Butler went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run in a win over the Athletics on Tuesday.
    After a torrid start when he was recalled at the end of June, Butler had gone cold for most of August; however, he now has a six-game hitting streak that has seen him go 8-for-24 with two home runs, five RBI, six runs scored, and one steal. Butler is going to stay in the lineup for the remainder of the season, which means it’s worth it for fantasy managers to ride the rollercoaster with him given his five-category upside.