Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Jonatan Clase (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 35	‐
VBR	# 16	# 1166

Projections

Runs	36	7
Home Runs	14	1
RBI	34	6
Stolen Bases	6	3
Batting Average	.262	.218

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

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	Jonatan Clase LF,CF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	313	22

Runs	57	4

Hits	86	6

Singles	44	4

Doubles	16	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	25	2

RBI	45	6

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	23	3

Strikeouts	83	8

Batting Average	.275	.273

On Base Pct	.330	.360

Slugging Pct	.572	.546

On-base Plus Slugging	.902	.906

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Jonatan Clase LF,CF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	201	53

Runs	36	7

Hits	53	11

Singles	27	8

Doubles	10	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	14	1

RBI	34	6

Stolen Bases	6	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	17	5

Strikeouts	59	16

Batting Average	.262	.218

On Base Pct	.330	.281

Slugging Pct	.538	.346

On-base Plus Slugging	.868	.628

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Jonatan Clase LF,CF - TOR
News
	The Twins activated Byron Buxton from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Blue Jays placed Jonatan Clase on the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Minnesota Twins are hoping for a "full second half post-All-Star" for center fielder Byron Buxton (hip). Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Jonatan Clase was a late scratch from Tuesday’s lineup against the Rays. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	The Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Blue Jays outfielder Jonatan Clase went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and an additional run scored in a 9-3 win over the Giants on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Twins outfielder Byron Buxton departed Sunday's game against the Yankees after re-aggravating a hip injury. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	The Blue Jays have recalled outfielder Jonatan Clase from Triple-A Buffalo. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st
	Byron Buxton was lifted from Sunday's game against the Yankees in the second inning. Diego Sandoval Sun, Jul 5th	The Blue Jays have optioned outfielder Jonatan Clase to Triple-A Buffalo. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
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			Jonatan Clase LF,CF - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH			@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Tue, Mar 31st				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jun 17th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 14th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Jonatan Clase (2026)

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