Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 35	# 302
VBR	# 20	# 1140

Projections

Runs	33	8
Home Runs	13	3
RBI	32	9
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.260	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 48	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 28	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 33	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	# 378

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	# 199

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	324	65

Runs	57	10

Hits	87	14

Singles	45	7

Doubles	16	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	25	4

RBI	45	12

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	7

Strikeouts	87	23

Batting Average	.269	.215

On Base Pct	.327	.297

Slugging Pct	.556	.446

On-base Plus Slugging	.882	.744

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	190	63

Runs	33	8

Hits	50	14

Singles	25	8

Doubles	10	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	13	3

RBI	32	9

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	6

Strikeouts	55	20

Batting Average	.260	.227

On Base Pct	.330	.301

Slugging Pct	.532	.421

On-base Plus Slugging	.862	.723

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	The Twins activated Byron Buxton from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Nelson Velazquez went 1-for-5 in the doubleheader against the Brewers with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	The Minnesota Twins are hoping for a "full second half post-All-Star" for center fielder Byron Buxton (hip). Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Nelson Velazquez went 2-for-2 in win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored, one RBI and one walk. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st
	The Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Nelson Velazquez went 1-for-4 in a 9-2 win over the Mets with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 11th
	Twins outfielder Byron Buxton departed Sunday's game against the Yankees after re-aggravating a hip injury. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	Nelson Velazquez went 2-for-3 in Friday's win over the Cubs with a home run, one walk, two runs scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Sat, May 30th
	Byron Buxton was lifted from Sunday's game against the Yankees in the second inning. Diego Sandoval Sun, Jul 5th	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
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			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#209	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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