Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Ryan Kreidler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 35	# 309
VBR	# 62	# 759

Projections

Runs	22	13
Home Runs	9	3
RBI	21	11
Stolen Bases	4	3
Batting Average	.260	.220

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

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	# 63	# 394

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	# 217

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	331	175

Runs	57	25

Hits	87	41

Singles	45	25

Doubles	16	8

Triples	1	3

Home Runs	25	5

RBI	45	25

Stolen Bases	7	3

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	24	12

Strikeouts	88	38

Batting Average	.263	.234

On Base Pct	.320	.287

Slugging Pct	.544	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.864	.687

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	129	102

Runs	22	13

Hits	34	22

Singles	17	14

Doubles	7	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	9	3

RBI	21	11

Stolen Bases	4	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	11	10

Strikeouts	37	32

Batting Average	.260	.220

On Base Pct	.329	.295

Slugging Pct	.530	.366

On-base Plus Slugging	.859	.661

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
News
	Byron Buxton received an injection in his right hip earlier this week. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Ryan Kreidler helped fuel Minnesota's offense in Sunday's win, flashing gap power and aggressive baserunning. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th
	The Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day IL with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-3 in a 2-0 win over the Athletics on Saturday with a double and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 26th
	Byron Buxton is not in the Twins lineup on Wednesday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-3 in a 3-2 win over the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th
	The Twins say Byron Buxton left Tuesday's game early with right hip soreness. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Ryan Kreidler went 3-for-4 in a 16-8 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday with a triple, two runs scored, four RBI, and a walk. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 21st
	Byron Buxton left Tuesday's game early against the Royals. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-2 in a 9-3 win over the Rangers on Thursday with a home run, a run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Jun 19th
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			Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#211	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#211
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#194	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs CLE
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 Ryan Kreidler (2026)

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