Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Samad Taylor (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 29	# 216
VBR	# 27	# 853

Projections

Runs	29	11
Home Runs	11	2
RBI	28	8
Stolen Bases	5	4
Batting Average	.259	.247

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 43	# 126

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 28	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 33	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	# 166

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 25	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	# 207

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	331	88

Runs	57	14

Hits	87	29

Singles	45	26

Doubles	16	1

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	25	1

RBI	45	11

Stolen Bases	7	6

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	24	12

Strikeouts	88	30

Batting Average	.263	.330

On Base Pct	.320	.410

Slugging Pct	.544	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.864	.808

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	168	78

Runs	29	11

Hits	44	19

Singles	22	14

Doubles	8	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	11	2

RBI	28	8

Stolen Bases	5	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	14	8

Strikeouts	49	21

Batting Average	.259	.247

On Base Pct	.328	.313

Slugging Pct	.528	.370

On-base Plus Slugging	.857	.683

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
News
	The Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day IL with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Samad Taylor has resumed light swinging. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Byron Buxton is not in the Twins lineup on Wednesday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Twins say Byron Buxton left Tuesday's game early with right hip soreness. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Byron Buxton left Tuesday's game early against the Royals. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	The Twins activated Byron Buxton from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Samad Taylor went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 9-3 win over the Orioles on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 14th
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			Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#236
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#214	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#200	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Mar 31st				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CLE
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Samad Taylor (2026)

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