Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Stuart Fairchild (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 35	‐
VBR	# 62	# 1264

Projections

Runs	22	2
Home Runs	9	0
RBI	21	2
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.260	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	DFA

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	# 366

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Stuart Fairchild LF,CF,RF - SEA
2026 Stats


At Bats	331	19

Runs	57	4

Hits	87	3

Singles	45	3

Doubles	16	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	25	0

RBI	45	1

Stolen Bases	7	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	7

Strikeouts	88	14

Batting Average	.263	.158

On Base Pct	.320	.407

Slugging Pct	.544	.158

On-base Plus Slugging	.864	.565

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Stuart Fairchild LF,CF,RF - SEA
2026 Projections


At Bats	129	17

Runs	22	2

Hits	34	4

Singles	17	2

Doubles	7	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	21	2

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	2

Strikeouts	37	5

Batting Average	.260	.212

On Base Pct	.329	.284

Slugging Pct	.530	.330

On-base Plus Slugging	.859	.614

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Stuart Fairchild LF,CF,RF - SEA
News
	Byron Buxton received an injection in his right hip earlier this week. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Mariners designated Stuart Fairchild for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day IL with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Mariners selected the contract of Stuart Fairchild. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Byron Buxton is not in the Twins lineup on Wednesday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Mariners signed Stuart Fairchild to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	The Twins say Byron Buxton left Tuesday's game early with right hip soreness. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Guardians sent OF Stuart Fairchild outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Byron Buxton left Tuesday's game early against the Royals. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Guardians designated Stuart Fairchild for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
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			Stuart Fairchild LF,CF,RF - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#211	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#194	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Wed, Jun 17th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Fri, Aug 14th				@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Thu, Sep 24th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Byron Buxton for Stuart Fairchild (2026)

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