Who Should I Trade?

Brooks Baldwin for Byron Buxton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Brooks Baldwin 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 36	‐
VBR	# 48	‐

Projections

Runs	31	‐
Home Runs	12	‐
RBI	29	‐
Stolen Bases	5	‐
Batting Average	.262	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

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	Brooks Baldwin 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	309	‐

Runs	57	‐

Hits	85	‐

Singles	43	‐

Doubles	16	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	25	‐

RBI	45	‐

Stolen Bases	7	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	23	‐

Strikeouts	83	‐

Batting Average	.275	‐

On Base Pct	.331	‐

Slugging Pct	.576	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.907	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Brooks Baldwin 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	176	‐

Runs	31	‐

Hits	46	‐

Singles	23	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	12	‐

RBI	29	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	15	‐

Strikeouts	52	‐

Batting Average	.262	‐

On Base Pct	.330	‐

Slugging Pct	.537	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.866	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Brooks Baldwin 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - CWS
News
	The Twins activated Byron Buxton from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The White Sox transferred Brooks Baldwin to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 8th
	The Minnesota Twins are hoping for a "full second half post-All-Star" for center fielder Byron Buxton (hip). Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Baldwin suffered a right UCL tear during spring training and was initially diagnosed with a sprain. He opted for internal brace surgery rather than rest and rehab, going under the knife April 1. Bruno Mulé Tue, Apr 7th
	The Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The White Sox placed Brooks Baldwin on the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Twins outfielder Byron Buxton departed Sunday's game against the Yankees after re-aggravating a hip injury. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	Baldwin hasn't appeared in a spring training game since March 6 due to right elbow soreness and has been considered day-to-day throughout. He has yet to resume throwing. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Byron Buxton was lifted from Sunday's game against the Yankees in the second inning. Diego Sandoval Sun, Jul 5th	White Sox outfielder Brooks Baldwin (elbow) is considered day to day, according to manager Will Venable. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
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			Brooks Baldwin 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#174	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#242	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs NYY
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th				@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ STL
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)	#64
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Brooks Baldwin for Byron Buxton (2026)

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