Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Leody Taveras (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 38	# 297
VBR	# 61	# 1059

Projections

Runs	22	10
Home Runs	9	2
RBI	21	8
Stolen Bases	4	3
Batting Average	.261	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

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	# 292

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	# 252

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	331	297

Runs	57	41

Hits	87	65

Singles	45	45

Doubles	16	10

Triples	1	5

Home Runs	25	5

RBI	45	39

Stolen Bases	7	10

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	24	34

Strikeouts	88	86

Batting Average	.263	.219

On Base Pct	.320	.300

Slugging Pct	.544	.337

On-base Plus Slugging	.864	.637

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	129	76

Runs	22	10

Hits	34	18

Singles	17	12

Doubles	7	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	9	2

RBI	21	8

Stolen Bases	4	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	11	6

Strikeouts	37	19

Batting Average	.261	.233

On Base Pct	.330	.288

Slugging Pct	.531	.374

On-base Plus Slugging	.862	.662

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
News
	Byron Buxton received an injection in his right hip earlier this week. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Leody Taveras went 1-for-5 in an 8-5 win over the Tigers with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 28th
	The Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day IL with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Leody Taveras went 2-for-4 in the win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th
	Byron Buxton is not in the Twins lineup on Wednesday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Taveras went 1-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 2nd
	The Twins say Byron Buxton left Tuesday's game early with right hip soreness. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Leody Taveras went 2-for-3 in a win over the Mariners with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, one walk, one strikeout, and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jun 11th
	Byron Buxton left Tuesday's game early against the Royals. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Leody Taveras went 1-for-5 in a win over the Red Sox with one run scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Fri, Jun 5th
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			Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#275
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ COL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, Jun 17th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Aug 14th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Leody Taveras (2026)

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