Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Jerar Encarnacion (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 35	‐
VBR	# 20	‐

Projections

Runs	33	‐
Home Runs	13	‐
RBI	32	‐
Stolen Bases	5	‐
Batting Average	.260	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 48	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 28	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 33	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Jerar Encarnacion RF - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	324	34

Runs	57	1

Hits	87	6

Singles	45	5

Doubles	16	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	25	0

RBI	45	0

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	1

Strikeouts	87	8

Batting Average	.269	.177

On Base Pct	.327	.200

Slugging Pct	.556	.206

On-base Plus Slugging	.882	.406

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Jerar Encarnacion RF - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	190	‐

Runs	33	‐

Hits	50	‐

Singles	25	‐

Doubles	10	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	13	‐

RBI	32	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	16	‐

Strikeouts	55	‐

Batting Average	.260	‐

On Base Pct	.330	‐

Slugging Pct	.532	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.862	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Jerar Encarnacion RF - SF
News
	The Twins activated Byron Buxton from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Jerar Encarnacion has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	The Minnesota Twins are hoping for a "full second half post-All-Star" for center fielder Byron Buxton (hip). Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	The Giants designated Jerar Encarnacion for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	The Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Twins outfielder Byron Buxton departed Sunday's game against the Yankees after re-aggravating a hip injury. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
	Byron Buxton was lifted from Sunday's game against the Yankees in the second inning. Diego Sandoval Sun, Jul 5th
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			Jerar Encarnacion RF - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#209	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Mar 31st				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th				vs COL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Jerar Encarnacion (2026)

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