Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Joey Loperfido (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 38	# 346
VBR	# 61	# 1209

Projections

Runs	22	3
Home Runs	9	1
RBI	21	3
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.261	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 28	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 33	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 63	# 291

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	# 445

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	331	102

Runs	57	13

Hits	87	21

Singles	45	12

Doubles	16	7

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	25	1

RBI	45	11

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	24	14

Strikeouts	88	31

Batting Average	.263	.206

On Base Pct	.320	.305

Slugging Pct	.544	.324

On-base Plus Slugging	.864	.629

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	129	26

Runs	22	3

Hits	34	6

Singles	17	4

Doubles	7	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	1

RBI	21	3

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	2

Strikeouts	37	8

Batting Average	.261	.231

On Base Pct	.330	.301

Slugging Pct	.531	.360

On-base Plus Slugging	.862	.661

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU
News
	Byron Buxton received an injection in his right hip earlier this week. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Astros optioned Joey Loperfido to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	The Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day IL with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Joey Loperfido went 1-for-1 in a win over the Blue Jays with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 24th
	Byron Buxton is not in the Twins lineup on Wednesday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Joey Loperfido has been called up from Triple-A Sugar Land. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
	The Twins say Byron Buxton left Tuesday's game early with right hip soreness. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Joey Loperfido was activated from the IL and optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	Byron Buxton left Tuesday's game early against the Royals. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Astros transferred the rehab assignment of Joey Loperfido to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
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			Joey Loperfido LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Jun 17th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

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Byron Buxton for Joey Loperfido (2026)

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