Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Matt Vierling (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 36	# 312
VBR	# 61	# 637

Projections

Runs	31	16
Home Runs	12	3
RBI	29	15
Stolen Bases	5	2
Batting Average	.260	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 48	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 28	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 34	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	# 287

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	# 292

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	306	248

Runs	57	23

Hits	83	51

Singles	41	32

Doubles	16	12

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	25	5

RBI	45	30

Stolen Bases	7	4

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	23	19

Strikeouts	83	46

Batting Average	.271	.206

On Base Pct	.328	.258

Slugging Pct	.575	.331

On-base Plus Slugging	.904	.589

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	174	127

Runs	31	16

Hits	45	31

Singles	23	21

Doubles	9	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	12	3

RBI	29	15

Stolen Bases	5	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	15	11

Strikeouts	51	29

Batting Average	.260	.246

On Base Pct	.329	.308

Slugging Pct	.534	.387

On-base Plus Slugging	.863	.695

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET
News
	The Twins activated Byron Buxton from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Matt Vierling went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	The Minnesota Twins are hoping for a "full second half post-All-Star" for center fielder Byron Buxton (hip). Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Tigers outfielder Matt Vierling went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	The Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Matt Vierling went 1-for-4 in Friday's 4-3 win over the White Sox with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th
	Twins outfielder Byron Buxton departed Sunday's game against the Yankees after re-aggravating a hip injury. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	Tigers outfielder Matt Vierling went 3-for-4 with an RBI in a 5-3 loss to the Orioles in Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader. Brenton Kemp Mon, May 25th
	Byron Buxton was lifted from Sunday's game against the Yankees in the second inning. Diego Sandoval Sun, Jul 5th	Matt Vierling went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, May 19th
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			Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#198
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE			vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, Jun 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Matt Vierling (2026)

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