Athletics' Lawrence Butler: Not in Sunday's lineup
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Butler is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees.
Butler started the past seven games but will receive a day off after going 6-for-31 (.194) with a 28.1 percent strikeout rate during that span. Miguel Andujar will shift to right field while Gio Urshela starts at the hot corner in the series finale versus New York.
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Athletics' Lawrence Butler: Getting day off Friday
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Butler is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Marlins.
It appears to be a routine day off for Butler, who is slashing .244/.316/.415 with five home runs, 11 RBI, 18 runs scored and five stolen bases across 136 plate appearances to begin the 2025 campaign. With Butler sitting, Seth Brown is getting the start in right field and batting sixth, while Jacob Wilson moves up to the leadoff spot.
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Athletics' Lawrence Butler: Knocks grand slam in victory
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Butler went 2-for-5 with a grand slam in Wednesday's 7-1 win over the Rangers.
The contest was short on offense until the ninth inning, when the Athletics put up six runs against Texas' bullpen. Butler plated four of those runs with a 411-foot grand slam off Shawn Armstrong. The blast was Butler's second hit of the game, marking his first multi-hit effort over his past 11 contests. He had been slumping coming into Wednesday but still holds a tolerable .254/.328/.432 slash line on the campaign.
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Athletics' Lawrence Butler: Rare day off
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Butler is not in Saturday's lineup against the White Sox.
It's Butler's second day off of the season and first since April 12. He has led off in every start and is hitting .257 with four home runs, 16 runs, seven RBI and five steals in 26 games.
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Athletics' Lawrence Butler: Flashes tools in loss
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Butler went 1-for-4 with a walk, a solo home run and a stolen base in Tuesday's 8-5 loss to the Rangers.
The 24-year-old took Patrick Corbin deep in the third inning, one of eight homers on the night between the two clubs. Butler is batting .333 (11-for-33) over the last eight games, boosting his slash line on the season to .279/.374/.442 with three homers, five steals, six RBI and 14 runs in 23 contests.
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Athletics' Lawrence Butler: Homers Thursday
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Butler went 2-for-5 with a solo home run, a double and a second run scored in Thursday's 8-0 win over the White Sox.
Butler led off the game with a double before coming around to score the first run of the contest. The outfielder would later extend the A's lead to 2-0 in the fifth with a 414-foot blast off Davis Martin, his second home run of the year. Butler has been swinging the bat well of late, going 8-for-18 with three extra-base hits in his last four games. He's now slashing .296/.390/.451 with 12 runs scored, five RBI and four steals through 82 plate appearances this season.
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Athletics' Lawrence Butler: Swipes two bags in victory
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Butler went 1-for-5 with a pair of stolen bases in Wednesday's 3-1 win against the White Sox.
Butler singled to lead off the seventh inning and swiped two bags to make it to third base, but he was ultimately stranded there. The third-year outfielder increased his stolen-base total to four on the season -- he's the only Athletics player so far to notch more than one theft. Butler has added a .288/.390/.394 slash line with one home run, four RBI, 10 runs and an 11:11 BB:K through 77 plate appearances.
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Athletics' Lawrence Butler: Out of Saturday's lineup
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Butler isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Mets.
Butler will get his first day off of the season after starting the year with a .245/.365/.358 slash line through 63 plate appearances. Brent Rooker will fill in as the Athletics' right fielder while Butler sits, moving Shea Langeliers into the DH spot with Jhonny Pereda starting behind the plate.
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Athletics' Lawrence Butler: Swats first homer of 2025
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Butler went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and two RBI in Sunday's loss to the Rockies.
Butler finally lifted one out with a fifth-inning blast against rookie Chase Dollander. Butler's been heating up at the dish with seven hits over his last three games and owns an impressive 6:5 BB:K through 44 plate appearances so far.
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