It appears to be a planned day off for Butler after making seven consecutive outfield starts for the Athletics. He’s batted .194 (6-for-31) with one homer and one steal during that span and is hitting .176 with three big flies over his past 15 games. It’ll be Jacob Wilson continuing to lead off against left-handers and he’s gotten some additional opportunities of late against right-handed pitching.

Butler had led off in 33 of his 34 starts prior to today. Moving Jacob Wilson up to that spot made sense, but it was jarring to see Butler all the way down to sixth versus a right-hander; there wasn’t any reason for him to be hitting behind Miguel Andujar or JJ Bleday. We wouldn’t expect Butler to hit so low for very long.

It’s been a bit of a slow start for Butler, who is slashing just .250/.317/.417 on the season, but he has six steals and continues to lead off regularly for the Athletics. Given that he now plays his home games in a minor league park that is going to get really hot in the next month or so, we may start to see a hot stretch from Butler coming up.

Butler will get a rare day of rest to open the series against Miami. Jacob Wilson is leading off, and Seth Brown will get the start in right field while Butler rests.