Byron Buxton or Jackson Merrill

Baseball Stats Comparison

Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Byron Buxton or Jackson Merrill Player Statistics
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	360	306

Runs	43	57

Hits	79	83

Singles	53	41

Doubles	15	16

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	10	25

RBI	38	45

Stolen Bases	19	7

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	28	23

Strikeouts	98	83

Batting Average	.219	.271

On Base Pct	.278	.328

Slugging Pct	.350	.575

On-base Plus Slugging	.628	.904

Byron Buxton or Jackson Merrill Player Projections
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	546	469

Runs	76	79

Hits	148	119

Singles	90	62

Doubles	31	24

Triples	5	4

Home Runs	22	28

RBI	81	72

Stolen Bases	8	17

Caught Stealing	3	2

Walks	39	39

Strikeouts	116	141

Batting Average	.272	.253

On Base Pct	.320	.311

Slugging Pct	.468	.503

On-base Plus Slugging	.788	.814

Byron Buxton or Jackson Merrill Player Notes
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN
News
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 4-3 loss against the Dodgers on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Minnesota Twins are hoping for a "full second half post-All-Star" for center fielder Byron Buxton (hip). Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 12-7 loss against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Jackson Merrill went 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBI in the Padres 6-1 win over the Cardinals on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Twins outfielder Byron Buxton departed Sunday's game against the Yankees after re-aggravating a hip injury. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
	Jackson Merrill went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 9-3 win over the Orioles on Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 14th	Byron Buxton was lifted from Sunday's game against the Yankees in the second inning. Diego Sandoval Sun, Jul 5th
	Jackson Merrill went 3-for-4 in the Padres 4-2 loss against the Nationals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Byron Buxton is back in the Twins lineup on Saturday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
	Multiple trips to the injured list cut short what could have been a breakout campaign for the 22-year-old, holding Jackson Merrill to 115 games with 16 home runs and just one stolen base. Entering 2026 healthy, he's a strong bet to rebound toward his 2024 production. While he's unlikely to be a major contributor on the bases, a season in the range of 25 homers with around 80 runs and 80 RBI is well within reach. His expected batting average and slugging percentage both outpaced his actual results, pointing to poor fortune layered on top of the injury issues. Merrill still offers the highest ceiling among his peers and could push into OF2 value if everything clicks, though he's best drafted as an OF3 with upside baked in. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros	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

Byron Buxton or Jackson Merrill Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jackson Merrill CF - SD			Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#168
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#200
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#237	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#431	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#142
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#348
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#146	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#237	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#431	@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#117	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#190
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#186
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#246
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#336
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#179	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#250	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#319
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#319
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#314	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#232	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#255
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#107	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#69	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL			@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#203
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD