Byron Buxton or Jacob Young

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Byron Buxton or Jacob Young Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Jacob Young CF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	306	268

Runs	57	34

Hits	83	60

Singles	41	39

Doubles	16	11

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	25	8

RBI	45	31

Stolen Bases	7	9

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	23	15

Strikeouts	83	54

Batting Average	.271	.224

On Base Pct	.328	.275

Slugging Pct	.575	.369

On-base Plus Slugging	.904	.645

Byron Buxton or Jacob Young Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Jacob Young CF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	469	331

Runs	79	41

Hits	119	82

Singles	62	62

Doubles	24	14

Triples	4	2

Home Runs	28	3

RBI	72	29

Stolen Bases	17	19

Caught Stealing	2	6

Walks	39	25

Strikeouts	141	67

Batting Average	.253	.247

On Base Pct	.311	.300

Slugging Pct	.503	.324

On-base Plus Slugging	.814	.624

Byron Buxton or Jacob Young Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Jacob Young CF - WSH
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	Washington Nationals manager Blake Butera said Jacob Young was unavailable for Sunday's 5-3 loss to the New York Yankees due to a sore left hand. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	The Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Jacob Young went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Yankees with one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th
	Twins outfielder Byron Buxton departed Sunday's game against the Yankees after re-aggravating a hip injury. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	Jacob Young is in the Nationals lineup on Monday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Byron Buxton was lifted from Sunday's game against the Yankees in the second inning. Diego Sandoval Sun, Jul 5th	Jacob Young was scratched from the lineup for Saturday’s game against the Pirates with left hand soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Byron Buxton is back in the Twins lineup on Saturday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Jacob Young went 1-for-3 in loss to the Phillies with two RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Fri, Jun 26th
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

Byron Buxton or Jacob Young Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN			Jacob Young CF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#168	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#152
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#347	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#310	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#186	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#245	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#337	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#221
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#161	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#319	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#319	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-0)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#328
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein		vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#183
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#256	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-0)	#312
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#206
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC			vs TOR
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC			vs TOR
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Tue, Mar 31st				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Fri, Aug 14th				@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL