Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Byron Buxton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 36	‐
VBR	# 61	# 1344

Projections

Runs	31	3
Home Runs	12	1
RBI	29	2
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.260	.215

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 48	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 28	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 34	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	306	94

Runs	57	12

Hits	83	17

Singles	41	6

Doubles	16	9

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	25	2

RBI	45	10

Stolen Bases	7	4

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	23	3

Strikeouts	83	23

Batting Average	.271	.181

On Base Pct	.328	.222

Slugging Pct	.575	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.904	.563

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	174	19

Runs	31	3

Hits	45	4

Singles	23	3

Doubles	9	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	12	1

RBI	29	2

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	15	1

Strikeouts	51	4

Batting Average	.260	.215

On Base Pct	.329	.259

Slugging Pct	.534	.346

On-base Plus Slugging	.863	.605

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
News
	The Twins activated Byron Buxton from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Alek Thomas made his debut for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 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	Alek Thomas has been traded to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 12th
	The Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Diamondbacks designated Alek Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Twins outfielder Byron Buxton departed Sunday's game against the Yankees after re-aggravating a hip injury. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	Alek Thomas went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run on Saturday as the Diamondbacks dropped a 6-4 decision to the Padres. David Leisering Sat, Apr 25th
	Byron Buxton was lifted from Sunday's game against the Yankees in the second inning. Diego Sandoval Sun, Jul 5th	Alek Thomas went 1-for-2 with a double, a walk, and a stolen base on Thursday as Arizona dropped a 4-1 decision to the White Sox. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN			Alek Thomas CF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#237
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#264
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Byron Buxton (2026)

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