Billy Cook or Byron Buxton

Baseball Stats Comparison

Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Billy Cook or Byron Buxton Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	306	35

Runs	57	7

Hits	83	6

Singles	41	5

Doubles	16	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	25	0

RBI	45	0

Stolen Bases	7	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	23	0

Strikeouts	83	14

Batting Average	.271	.171

On Base Pct	.328	.171

Slugging Pct	.575	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.904	.371

Billy Cook or Byron Buxton Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	469	63

Runs	79	7

Hits	119	15

Singles	62	10

Doubles	24	3

Triples	4	0

Home Runs	28	2

RBI	72	7

Stolen Bases	17	2

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	39	5

Strikeouts	141	19

Batting Average	.253	.231

On Base Pct	.311	.285

Slugging Pct	.503	.379

On-base Plus Slugging	.814	.664

Billy Cook or Byron Buxton Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	The Minnesota Twins are hoping for a "full second half post-All-Star" for center fielder Byron Buxton (hip). Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	The Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Twins outfielder Byron Buxton departed Sunday's game against the Yankees after re-aggravating a hip injury. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Byron Buxton was lifted from Sunday's game against the Yankees in the second inning. Diego Sandoval Sun, Jul 5th	The Pirates optioned OF Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	Byron Buxton is back in the Twins lineup on Saturday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
	Byron Buxton appeared in 126 games in 2025 — his highest total since logging 140 contests in 2017 — and delivered one of the best seasons of his career. He earned an All-Star selection, picked up MVP consideration and took home a Silver Slugger after posting career highs with 35 home runs, 83 RBI and 97 runs scored. Buxton also swiped 24 bases without being caught and ranked fourth in the American League with a .878 OPS. The underlying metrics back it up, too, as he produced a 53.8% hard-hit rate and a 17.6% barrel rate. Even in a relative best-case scenario, he still missed nearly a quarter of the season due to various injuries. Buxton will be 32 on Opening Day in 2026, and his track record suggests IL stints are more expectation than exception. While any player can get hurt, some carry more baked-in risk than others. If he comes close to repeating his 2025 output, he has league-winning upside — just be careful about drafting him as if that outcome is the baseline. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Billy Cook or Byron Buxton Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#348
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#168	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#200	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#142	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#190
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#348	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#154
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#175
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#190	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#186	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#246	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#336	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#90
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#219
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#319	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#117
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#232
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-0)	#192
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#244
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#431	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#308
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#255	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#298
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#241
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE			@ NYY
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE			@ NYY
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ NYY
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ DET
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#319
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF