Who Should I Trade?

Brenton Doyle for Byron Buxton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 27	# 199
VBR	# 425	# 552

Projections

Runs	5	5
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	5	5
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.257	.223

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 57	# 191

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 28	# 134

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	# 180

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 23	# 255

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	# 408

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Brenton Doyle CF - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	370	170

Runs	65	26

Hits	94	36

Singles	50	27

Doubles	18	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	25	3

RBI	46	12

Stolen Bases	7	12

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	30	12

Strikeouts	100	59

Batting Average	.254	.212

On Base Pct	.319	.264

Slugging Pct	.511	.300

On-base Plus Slugging	.829	.564

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Brenton Doyle CF - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	30	44

Runs	5	5

Hits	8	10

Singles	4	7

Doubles	2	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	5	5

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	3

Strikeouts	9	13

Batting Average	.257	.223

On Base Pct	.333	.276

Slugging Pct	.507	.356

On-base Plus Slugging	.840	.633

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Brenton Doyle CF - CWS
News
	The Twins placed OF Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th	Brenton Doyle went 2-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 27th
	Byron Buxton left Tuesday’s game in the seventh inning. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Brenton Doyle went 2-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with one stolen base and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 26th
	Byron Buxton went 3-for-5 in a 9-6 win over the Athletics on Monday with a double, four runs scored, and a walk. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th	Brenton Doyle's went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 12th
	Byron Buxton (hip) has been activated from the IL and will be in the Twins' starting lineup Thursday night. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 13th	Brenton Doyle went 2-for-5 in a win over the Guardians with a double, one run scored, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 10th
	Byron Buxton took pre-game batting practice on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Brenton Doyle went 1-for-2 in Thursday’s loss to the Red Sox with one run scored and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th
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			Brenton Doyle CF - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st				@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#216	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#117
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#189	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#404
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#235	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#231	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#215	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#325	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#325	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#315	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#99	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#232	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#417	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#417	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Fri, Aug 14th				@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#121	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#64
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#236	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#84
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs COL
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Brenton Doyle for Byron Buxton (2026)

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