Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Cristian Pache (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 35	‐
VBR	# 61	‐

Projections

Runs	22	3
Home Runs	9	1
RBI	21	2
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.261	.156

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 43	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 28	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 33	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 63	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Cristian Pache LF,CF - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	331	‐

Runs	57	‐

Hits	87	‐

Singles	45	‐

Doubles	16	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	25	‐

RBI	45	‐

Stolen Bases	7	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	24	‐

Strikeouts	88	‐

Batting Average	.263	‐

On Base Pct	.320	‐

Slugging Pct	.544	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.864	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Cristian Pache LF,CF - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	129	23

Runs	22	3

Hits	34	4

Singles	17	2

Doubles	7	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	1

RBI	21	2

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	2

Strikeouts	37	8

Batting Average	.261	.156

On Base Pct	.330	.224

Slugging Pct	.531	.267

On-base Plus Slugging	.862	.491

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Cristian Pache LF,CF - NYM
News
	Byron Buxton received an injection in his right hip earlier this week. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Mets selected the contract of Cristian Pache. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day IL with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Byron Buxton is not in the Twins lineup on Wednesday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Twins say Byron Buxton left Tuesday's game early with right hip soreness. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Byron Buxton left Tuesday's game early against the Royals. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN			Cristian Pache LF,CF - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ NYY
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 (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 4th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Jun 17th				@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 14th				vs WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Cristian Pache (2026)

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