Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Carson Benge (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 27	# 103
VBR	# 407	# 121

Projections

Runs	5	11
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	4	9
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.251	.255

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 57	# 72

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 28	# 111

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	# 40

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	# 105

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 23	# 104

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	# 126

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	370	507

Runs	65	71

Hits	94	141

Singles	50	104

Doubles	18	18

Triples	1	3

Home Runs	25	16

RBI	46	54

Stolen Bases	7	19

Caught Stealing	1	4

Walks	30	40

Strikeouts	100	120

Batting Average	.254	.278

On Base Pct	.319	.338

Slugging Pct	.511	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.829	.758

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	28	77

Runs	5	11

Hits	7	20

Singles	4	14

Doubles	1	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	4	9

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	2	7

Strikeouts	8	19

Batting Average	.251	.255

On Base Pct	.317	.323

Slugging Pct	.497	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.814	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM
News
	The Twins placed OF Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th	Carson Benge went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and two RBI in Wednesday's 4-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 19th
	Byron Buxton left Tuesday’s game in the seventh inning. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Carson Benge went 1-for-2 with a home run, two walks, one run scored and an RBI in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 16th
	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	Carson Benge is back in the Mets lineup on Sunday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	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	Carson Benge is not in the Mets lineup on Saturday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th
	Byron Buxton took pre-game batting practice on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Mets’ interim manager Andy Green told reporters that X-rays on the injured wrist of Carson Benge came back negative for any fractures. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th
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			Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#231	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#114
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#196	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#192	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#164
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#254
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#264	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#137	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#150	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#274
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#314
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#52	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#162
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#361
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#162
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#424
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#254
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#176
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#335	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#26	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#40
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#87	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#197
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#317	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#298	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#361
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#178	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#225
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#41
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#303	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#150
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#55	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#225
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#303	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#198
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#294
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#160
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#255
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#41
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#121	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#232	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#164	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#312
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#118	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#162	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#168
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#298	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#140
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#186
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#191
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#101	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#240	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#241
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#156
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#37	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#27	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#393
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#238
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#26
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#8
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#46	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#109
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#225
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#87	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#128
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#55
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#170
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#191
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#203
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#191	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#114
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#130	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#175
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#57
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	vs HOU	Bennett Sousa
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#229	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#155
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#182	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#58
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#74	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#167
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161	vs SF	Anthony Molina
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#74	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#109
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#197
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Tue, Mar 31st				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#294
Mon, May 4th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Wed, Jun 17th				@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#119
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#191
Fri, Aug 14th				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#134
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Thu, Sep 24th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Carson Benge (2026)

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