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Byron Buxton for Oneil Cruz (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN  | Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT  | |
Expert |
57% Recommended by 4 of 7 experts |
43% Recommended by 3 of 7 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 38 | # 39 |
| VBR | # 32 | # 31 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 58 | 53 |
| Home Runs | 22 | 17 |
| RBI | 54 | 50 |
| Stolen Bases | 10 | 21 |
| Batting Average | .256 | .242 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 42 | # 62 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 51 | # 78 |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 25 | # 33 |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 45 | # 61 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 36 | # 25 |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 37 | # 24 |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 50 | # 35 |
| Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN | Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 208 | 235 |
| Runs | 40 | 42 |
| Hits | 54 | 60 |
| Singles | 26 | 37 |
| Doubles | 10 | 10 |
| Triples | 1 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 17 | 13 |
| RBI | 27 | 41 |
| Stolen Bases | 4 | 19 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 3 |
| Walks | 17 | 23 |
| Strikeouts | 61 | 91 |
| Batting Average | .260 | .255 |
| On Base Pct | .323 | .330 |
| Slugging Pct | .563 | .464 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .886 | .793 |
| Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN | Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 333 | 336 |
| Runs | 58 | 53 |
| Hits | 85 | 81 |
| Singles | 43 | 47 |
| Doubles | 17 | 16 |
| Triples | 3 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 22 | 17 |
| RBI | 54 | 50 |
| Stolen Bases | 10 | 21 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 5 |
| Walks | 29 | 40 |
| Strikeouts | 99 | 117 |
| Batting Average | .256 | .242 |
| On Base Pct | .327 | .329 |
| Slugging Pct | .522 | .446 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .849 | .775 |
| Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN | Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT | |
| News | ||
| Byron Buxton went 1-for-3 in a 15-2 loss to the White Sox on Wednesday with a solo home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, May 28th | Oneil Cruz went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run and a pair of stolen bases on Saturday, lifting the Pirates to a 10-9 win over the Twins. David Leisering Sun, May 31st | |
| Byron Buxton went 2-for-5 in Friday's 8-6 win over the Red Sox with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, May 23rd | Oneil Cruz went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, a walk, and two runs batted in to help the Pirates to a 6-5 win over the Twins on Friday. David Leisering Sat, May 30th | |
| Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-3 in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, May 21st | Oneil Cruz went 3-for-3 with a run scored, an RBI, and a stolen base on Tuesday, helping the Pirates to a 12-1 win over the Cubs. David Leisering Wed, May 27th | |
| Byron Buxton is back in the Twins lineup on Tuesday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th | Oneil Cruz went 1-for-4 with a solo home run on Sunday, helping the Pirates to a 4-1 victory in Toronto. David Leisering Mon, May 25th | |
| Byron Buxton is not in the Twins lineup on Monday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th | Oneil Cruz went 2-for-4 with a walk, a run scored, a stolen base, and two runs batted in on Friday in an 11-9, 10-inning loss to the Phillies. David Leisering Fri, May 15th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN | Oneil Cruz CF,DH - PIT | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-6) | #43 | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #29 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #80 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #167 | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-6) | #43 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #330 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | vs SD | Nick Pivetta (1-2) | #138 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | vs SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #9 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (6-2) | #22 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #29 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-4) | #76 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ NYM | Christian Scott (1-0) | #90 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (6-2) | #22 | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (6-2) | #18 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #59 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #46 | vs STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | vs STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | vs STL | Hunter Dobbins (0-0) | #198 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #67 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #120 | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | #340 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #197 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #191 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-3) | #152 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #333 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #114 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (1-2) | #183 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | vs CHC | Ben Brown (2-2) | #52 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-2) | #234 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #210 | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ PIT | Jared Jones (0-0) | #69 | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-2) | #47 | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-3) | #82 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #210 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 | @ HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #181 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-3) | #78 | @ ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs KC | Luinder Avila | @ ATL | Spencer Strider (3-1) | #31 | |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | vs LAD | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ DET | vs LAD | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ DET | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs STL | vs MIA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs STL | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs STL | vs MIA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ TEX | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ TEX | @ ATH | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ TEX | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ ARI | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ ARI | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ ARI | @ COL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs LAD | |||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs LAD | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs LAD | vs SEA | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs COL | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs COL | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs COL | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ HOU | @ PHI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ HOU | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ HOU | @ PHI | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ NYY | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ NYY | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ NYY | @ WSH | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs CLE | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs CLE | vs ATL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs CLE | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs LAA | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs LAA | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs LAA | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ CHC | @ CLE | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ CHC | @ CLE | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ CHC | @ CLE | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ CLE | @ NYY | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ CLE | @ NYY | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ CLE | @ NYY | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ CLE | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs ATH | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs ATH | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs ATH | vs CHC | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs KC | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs KC | vs ARI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs KC | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ SEA | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ SEA | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ SEA | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ KC | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ KC | @ MIL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ KC | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ MIL | vs NYM | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ MIL | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ MIL | vs NYM | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs BAL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs BAL | @ MIA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs BAL | @ MIA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs PHI | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs PHI | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs PHI | vs BOS | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATL | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATL | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATL | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ SD | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ SD | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ SD | @ LAD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ATH | @ SD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ ATH | @ SD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ ATH | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs CWS | @ STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs CWS | @ STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs CWS | @ STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs DET | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs DET | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs DET | vs SF | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ CWS | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ CWS | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ CWS | vs LAA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ DET | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ DET | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ DET | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs CLE | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs CLE | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs CLE | @ CHC | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs NYY | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs NYY | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs NYY | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ LAA | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ LAA | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ LAA | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ LAA | vs KC | ||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ SF | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ SF | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ SF | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs TEX | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs TEX | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs TEX | @ DET | ||||
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ ATH | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs SEA | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ PHI | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs ARI | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ MIL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs BOS | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs SF | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ CWS | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs STL | |||||
