Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Michael Conforto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 35	# 288
VBR	# 18	# 952

Projections

Runs	34	13
Home Runs	13	4
RBI	33	13
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.262	.225

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 48	# 248

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 28	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 33	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	# 368

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	# 269

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	320	152

Runs	57	21

Hits	87	36

Singles	45	17

Doubles	16	10

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	25	9

RBI	45	24

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	20

Strikeouts	85	52

Batting Average	.272	.237

On Base Pct	.331	.324

Slugging Pct	.563	.480

On-base Plus Slugging	.893	.804

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	194	98

Runs	34	13

Hits	51	22

Singles	26	13

Doubles	10	5

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	13	4

RBI	33	13

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	12

Strikeouts	57	29

Batting Average	.262	.225

On Base Pct	.330	.317

Slugging Pct	.535	.392

On-base Plus Slugging	.865	.708

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC
News
	The Twins activated Byron Buxton from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Michael Conforto went 1-for2 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and two RBI in Tuesday's 11-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Minnesota Twins are hoping for a "full second half post-All-Star" for center fielder Byron Buxton (hip). Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Michael Conforto went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 9-7 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
	The Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Michael Conforto went 3-for-4 with two home runs, two walks, four runs scored and four RBI in Wednesday's 23-3 win over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 2nd
	Twins outfielder Byron Buxton departed Sunday's game against the Yankees after re-aggravating a hip injury. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	Michael Conforto went 1-for-1 with a solo home run in Saturday's 8-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
	Byron Buxton was lifted from Sunday's game against the Yankees in the second inning. Diego Sandoval Sun, Jul 5th	Michael Conforto hit a game-tying three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning as part of a two-hit day on Sunday. The White Sox, however, won the game, 9-8, in 10 innings. David Leisering Sun, May 17th
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			Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#419	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#231	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Tue, Mar 31st				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Wed, Jun 17th				vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Fri, Aug 14th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Michael Conforto (2026)

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