Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Max Kepler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 29	‐
VBR	# 21	# 363

Projections

Runs	32	17
Home Runs	13	5
RBI	31	17
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.259	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 43	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 28	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 33	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 25	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	329	68

Runs	57	7

Hits	87	16

Singles	45	9

Doubles	16	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	25	2

RBI	45	14

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	5

Strikeouts	88	14

Batting Average	.264	.235

On Base Pct	.322	.280

Slugging Pct	.547	.397

On-base Plus Slugging	.869	.677

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	185	128

Runs	32	17

Hits	48	31

Singles	25	19

Doubles	9	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	13	5

RBI	31	17

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	13

Strikeouts	54	29

Batting Average	.259	.239

On Base Pct	.328	.314

Slugging Pct	.530	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.858	.716

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
News
	The Twins activated Byron Buxton from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Max Kepler went 3-for-5 with two RBI in the Diamondbacks 3-2 loss against the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	The Minnesota Twins are hoping for a "full second half post-All-Star" for center fielder Byron Buxton (hip). Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Max Kepler went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Diamondbacks 6-5 win over the Athletics on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Max Kepler went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in the Diamondbacks 8-0 win over the Padres on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Twins outfielder Byron Buxton departed Sunday's game against the Yankees after re-aggravating a hip injury. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	The Diamondbacks will activate Max Kepler before Thursday’s game against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Byron Buxton was lifted from Sunday's game against the Yankees in the second inning. Diego Sandoval Sun, Jul 5th	Max Kepler will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 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			Max Kepler LF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#246
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#229	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#201	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Wed, Jun 17th				vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, Aug 14th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Max Kepler (2026)

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