Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Kyle Stowers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 27	# 128
VBR	# 425	# 112

Projections

Runs	5	11
Home Runs	2	4
RBI	5	12
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.257	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 57	# 94

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 28	# 91

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	# 147

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	# 115

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 23	# 148

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	# 159

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA
2026 Stats


At Bats	370	376

Runs	65	47

Hits	94	92

Singles	50	48

Doubles	18	23

Triples	1	4

Home Runs	25	17

RBI	46	57

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	30	42

Strikeouts	100	137

Batting Average	.254	.245

On Base Pct	.319	.330

Slugging Pct	.511	.463

On-base Plus Slugging	.829	.793

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA
2026 Projections


At Bats	30	81

Runs	5	11

Hits	8	19

Singles	4	11

Doubles	2	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	2	4

RBI	5	12

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	9

Strikeouts	9	27

Batting Average	.257	.240

On Base Pct	.333	.326

Slugging Pct	.507	.451

On-base Plus Slugging	.840	.777

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA
News
	The Twins placed OF Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th	Kyle Stowers went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 6-3 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Sep 1st
	Byron Buxton left Tuesday’s game in the seventh inning. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Kyle Stowers is in the middle of a return-to-play running progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Byron Buxton went 3-for-5 in a 9-6 win over the Athletics on Monday with a double, four runs scored, and a walk. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th	Kyle Stowers was placed on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday with a left hamstring strain. Diego Sandoval Tue, Aug 11th
	Byron Buxton (hip) has been activated from the IL and will be in the Twins' starting lineup Thursday night. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 13th	Kyle Stowers left Sunday’s game against the Angels due to left hamstring discomfort. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Byron Buxton took pre-game batting practice on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Kyle Stowers went 4-for-4 with a walk and two RBI in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Aug 7th
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			Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#300
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#216	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#189	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#231
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#203
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#235	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#231	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#141
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#215	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#45
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#128
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#325	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#45
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#325	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#315	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#99	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#232	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#417	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#167
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#417	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#99
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#121	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#137
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#236	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#191
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#417
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#167
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#64
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111
Mon, May 4th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#301
Wed, Jun 17th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Kyle Stowers (2026)

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