Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Matt Wallner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 27	# 273
VBR	# 405	# 1313

Projections

Runs	5	0
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	4	0
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.251	.083

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 57	# 262

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 28	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	# 244

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 23	# 301

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	‐

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


At Bats	370	120

Runs	65	14

Hits	94	20

Singles	50	13

Doubles	18	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	25	4

RBI	46	10

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	30	10

Strikeouts	100	53

Batting Average	.254	.167

On Base Pct	.319	.259

Slugging Pct	.511	.292

On-base Plus Slugging	.829	.551

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


At Bats	28	3

Runs	5	0

Hits	7	0

Singles	4	0

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	4	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	0

Strikeouts	8	1

Batting Average	.251	.083

On Base Pct	.317	.131

Slugging Pct	.497	.154

On-base Plus Slugging	.814	.285

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
News
	The Twins placed OF Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th	Matt Wallner was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 14th
	Byron Buxton left Tuesday’s game in the seventh inning. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Matt Wallner avoided an injury after getting hit by a pitch and being removed from Thursday’s game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	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	Matt Wallner went 2-for-3 in Wednesday's 15-2 loss to the Nationals with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, May 7th
	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	Matt Wallner is back in the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Mets. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Byron Buxton took pre-game batting practice on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Matt Wallner was scratched from the Twins’ starting lineup on Sunday due to a lingering rib injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN			Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#198	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#198
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#390	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#390
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#213	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#213
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#281	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#281
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#312	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#312
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#176	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#176
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#311	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#311
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#221	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#221
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#129	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#129
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#240	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#240
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Matt Wallner (2026)

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