Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Jesse Winker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 32	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Runs	‐	‐
Home Runs	‐	‐
RBI	‐	‐
Stolen Bases	‐	‐
Batting Average	‐	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 57	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 28	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 201	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Jesse Winker LF,RF,DH - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	370	‐

Runs	65	‐

Hits	94	‐

Singles	50	‐

Doubles	18	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	25	‐

RBI	46	‐

Stolen Bases	7	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	30	‐

Strikeouts	100	‐

Batting Average	.254	‐

On Base Pct	.319	‐

Slugging Pct	.511	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.829	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Jesse Winker LF,RF,DH - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	‐

Runs	‐	‐

Hits	‐	‐

Singles	‐	‐

Doubles	‐	‐

Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Jesse Winker LF,RF,DH - FA
News
	Byron Buxton underwent a successful right hip arthroscopy surgery on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 19th
	Byron Buxton will undergo season-ending surgery next Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th
	Twins manager Derek Shelton told reporters Friday that Byron Buxton is likely to require right hip surgery. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 5th
	The Twins placed OF Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th
	Byron Buxton left Tuesday’s game in the seventh inning. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN			Jesse Winker LF,RF,DH - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (4-2)	#74
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#208
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#241
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#271
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#116
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (3-2)	#94
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (3-2)	#94
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-3)	#147
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#140
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#141
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF	Anthony Molina (3-2)	#192
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-1)	#252
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39

Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Jesse Winker (2026)

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