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Byron Buxton for Whit Merrifield (2024)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN  | Whit Merrifield 2B,LF - PHI  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 8 of 8 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 8 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 132 | # 200 |
| VBR | # 151 | # 484 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 62 | 44 |
| Home Runs | 23 | 7 |
| RBI | 63 | 39 |
| Stolen Bases | 9 | 15 |
| Batting Average | .231 | .262 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 149 | # 211 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 127 | ‐ |
| Pat Fitzmaurice FantasyPros | # 126 | # 173 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 119 | ‐ |
| Christopher Welsh FantasyPros | # 94 | # 191 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 133 | # 176 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 138 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 184 | # 208 |
| Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN | Whit Merrifield 2B,LF - PHI | |
| 2024 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 69 | 31 |
| Runs | 5 | 3 |
| Hits | 15 | 4 |
| Singles | 8 | 3 |
| Doubles | 6 | 0 |
| Triples | 1 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 0 | 1 |
| RBI | 9 | 1 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 0 |
| Walks | 1 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 25 | 3 |
| Batting Average | .217 | .129 |
| On Base Pct | .247 | .182 |
| Slugging Pct | .333 | .226 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .580 | .408 |
| Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN | Whit Merrifield 2B,LF - PHI | |
| 2024 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 403 | 341 |
| Runs | 62 | 44 |
| Hits | 93 | 89 |
| Singles | 45 | 63 |
| Doubles | 23 | 18 |
| Triples | 2 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 23 | 7 |
| RBI | 63 | 39 |
| Stolen Bases | 9 | 15 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 4 |
| Walks | 36 | 24 |
| Strikeouts | 140 | 61 |
| Batting Average | .231 | .262 |
| On Base Pct | .303 | .314 |
| Slugging Pct | .469 | .383 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .773 | .696 |
| Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN | Whit Merrifield 2B,LF - PHI | |
| News | ||
| Byron Buxton is in the lineup for the Twins Tuesday. Jesse Garcia Tue, Apr 23rd | Phillies utility player Whit Merrifield is in the starting lineup Monday versus the Rockies. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 15th | |
| Byron Buxton is not in the Twins’ lineup Monday. Jesse Garcia Mon, Apr 22nd | Whit Merrifield will likely platoon with Brandon Marsh for the Phillies this season. Hunter Langille Fri, Mar 29th | |
| Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton is back in the starting lineup Monday versus the Orioles. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 15th | Whit Merrifield and Phillies in agreement on 1-year, $8 million contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Feb 16th | |
| Byron Buxton is out of the lineup for the Minnesota Twins against the Detroit Tigers Sunday. Chris Schommer Sun, Apr 14th | ||
| Byron Buxton returns to the lineup for the Minnesota Twins against the Detroit Tigers in the second game of a doubleheader Saturday. Chris Schommer Sat, Apr 13th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN | Whit Merrifield 2B,LF - PHI | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 28th | @ KC | Cole Ragans (0-2) | #30 | |||
| Sat, Mar 30th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (3-1) | #124 | vs ATL | Max Fried (1-0) | #15 |
| Sun, Mar 31st | @ KC | Brady Singer (2-1) | #112 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (2-1) | #21 |
| Tue, Apr 2nd | @ MIL | Jakob Junis (0-0) | #128 | vs CIN | Graham Ashcraft (3-1) | #180 |
| Wed, Apr 3rd | @ MIL | Joe Ross (1-2) | #139 | vs CIN | Frankie Montas (2-2) | #136 |
| Thu, Apr 4th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (2-0) | #42 | |||
| Sat, Apr 6th | vs CLE | Carlos Carrasco (1-1) | #292 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (1-1) | #222 |
| Mon, Apr 8th | vs LAD | James Paxton (2-0) | #118 | @ STL | Miles Mikolas (1-3) | #86 |
| Tue, Apr 9th | vs LAD | Tyler Glasnow (4-1) | #14 | @ STL | Sonny Gray (2-1) | #19 |
| Wed, Apr 10th | vs LAD | Bobby Miller (1-1) | #43 | @ STL | Lance Lynn (1-0) | #69 |
| Fri, Apr 12th | @ DET | Tarik Skubal (3-0) | #12 | vs PIT | Bailey Falter (1-1) | #175 |
| Sat, Apr 13th | @ DET | Matt Manning (0-1) | #162 | vs PIT | Marco Gonzales (0-0) | #213 |
| Sun, Apr 14th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-1) | #98 | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (2-2) | #63 |
| Mon, Apr 15th | @ BAL | Cole Irvin (1-1) | #164 | vs COL | Cal Quantrill (0-2) | #412 |
| Tue, Apr 16th | @ BAL | Grayson Rodriguez (3-0) | #24 | vs COL | Austin Gomber (0-1) | #409 |
| Wed, Apr 17th | @ BAL | Albert Suarez (1-0) | #219 | vs COL | Ryan Feltner (1-2) | #283 |
| Fri, Apr 19th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-1) | #98 | vs CWS | Garrett Crochet (1-3) | #52 |
| Sat, Apr 20th | vs DET | Reese Olson (0-3) | #104 | vs CWS | Michael Soroka (0-3) | #227 |
| Sun, Apr 21st | vs DET | Casey Mize (1-0) | #122 | vs CWS | Nick Nastrini (0-2) | #266 |
| Mon, Apr 22nd | vs CWS | Jonathan Cannon (0-1) | #228 | @ CIN | Hunter Greene (0-2) | #46 |
| Tue, Apr 23rd | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (1-0) | #173 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (1-2) | #113 |
| Wed, Apr 24th | vs CWS | Garrett Crochet (1-3) | #52 | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (2-0) | #54 |
| Thu, Apr 25th | vs CWS | Michael Soroka (0-3) | #227 | @ CIN | Nick Martinez (0-0) | #153 |
| Fri, Apr 26th | @ LAA | Patrick Sandoval (1-3) | #80 | @ SD | Joe Musgrove (3-2) | #31 |
| Sat, Apr 27th | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (0-3) | #115 | @ SD | Dylan Cease (3-1) | #20 |
| Sun, Apr 28th | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (3-1) | #40 | @ SD | Michael King (2-1) | #28 |
| Mon, Apr 29th | @ CWS | @ LAA | ||||
| Tue, Apr 30th | @ CWS | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, May 1st | @ CWS | @ LAA | ||||
| Fri, May 3rd | vs BOS | vs SF | ||||
| Sat, May 4th | vs BOS | vs SF | ||||
| Sun, May 5th | vs BOS | vs SF | ||||
| Mon, May 6th | vs SEA | vs SF | ||||
| Tue, May 7th | vs SEA | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, May 8th | vs SEA | vs TOR | ||||
| Thu, May 9th | vs SEA | |||||
| Fri, May 10th | @ TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, May 11th | @ TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, May 12th | @ TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Tue, May 14th | vs NYY | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, May 15th | vs NYY | vs NYM | ||||
| Thu, May 16th | vs NYY | vs NYM | ||||
| Fri, May 17th | @ CLE | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, May 18th | @ CLE | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, May 19th | @ CLE | vs WSH | ||||
| Mon, May 20th | @ WSH | |||||
| Tue, May 21st | @ WSH | vs TEX | ||||
| Wed, May 22nd | @ WSH | vs TEX | ||||
| Fri, May 24th | vs TEX | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, May 25th | vs TEX | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, May 26th | vs TEX | @ COL | ||||
| Mon, May 27th | vs KC | @ SF | ||||
| Tue, May 28th | vs KC | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, May 29th | vs KC | @ SF | ||||
| Thu, May 30th | vs KC | |||||
| Fri, May 31st | @ HOU | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 1st | @ HOU | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 2nd | @ HOU | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 4th | @ NYY | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 5th | @ NYY | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 6th | @ NYY | |||||
| Fri, Jun 7th | @ PIT | |||||
| Sat, Jun 8th | @ PIT | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jun 9th | @ PIT | vs NYM | ||||
| Mon, Jun 10th | vs COL | |||||
| Tue, Jun 11th | vs COL | @ BOS | ||||
| Wed, Jun 12th | vs COL | @ BOS | ||||
| Thu, Jun 13th | vs OAK | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Jun 14th | vs OAK | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 15th | vs OAK | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 16th | vs OAK | @ BAL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 18th | vs TB | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Jun 19th | vs TB | vs SD | ||||
| Thu, Jun 20th | vs TB | |||||
| Fri, Jun 21st | @ OAK | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jun 22nd | @ OAK | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 23rd | @ OAK | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 25th | @ ARI | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Jun 26th | @ ARI | @ DET | ||||
| Thu, Jun 27th | @ ARI | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Jun 28th | @ SEA | vs MIA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 29th | @ SEA | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 30th | @ SEA | vs MIA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 2nd | vs DET | @ CHC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 3rd | vs DET | @ CHC | ||||
| Thu, Jul 4th | vs DET | @ CHC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 5th | vs HOU | @ ATL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 6th | vs HOU | @ ATL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 7th | vs HOU | @ ATL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 8th | @ CWS | |||||
| Tue, Jul 9th | @ CWS | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 10th | @ CWS | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 12th | @ SF | vs OAK | ||||
| Sat, Jul 13th | @ SF | vs OAK | ||||
| Sun, Jul 14th | @ SF | vs OAK | ||||
| Sat, Jul 20th | vs MIL | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 21st | vs MIL | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 22nd | vs PHI | @ MIN | ||||
| Tue, Jul 23rd | vs PHI | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 24th | vs PHI | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 26th | @ DET | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Jul 27th | @ DET | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Jul 28th | @ DET | vs CLE | ||||
| Mon, Jul 29th | @ NYM | vs NYY | ||||
| Tue, Jul 30th | @ NYM | vs NYY | ||||
| Wed, Jul 31st | @ NYM | vs NYY | ||||
| Fri, Aug 2nd | vs CWS | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 3rd | vs CWS | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 4th | vs CWS | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 5th | @ CHC | @ LAD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 6th | @ CHC | @ LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 7th | @ CHC | @ LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 9th | vs CLE | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 10th | vs CLE | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 11th | vs CLE | @ ARI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 12th | vs KC | |||||
| Tue, Aug 13th | vs KC | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 14th | vs KC | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 15th | @ TEX | vs WSH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 16th | @ TEX | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 17th | @ TEX | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 18th | @ TEX | vs WSH | ||||
| Mon, Aug 19th | @ SD | |||||
| Tue, Aug 20th | @ SD | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 21st | @ SD | @ ATL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 23rd | vs STL | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 24th | vs STL | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 25th | vs STL | @ KC | ||||
| Mon, Aug 26th | vs ATL | vs HOU | ||||
| Tue, Aug 27th | vs ATL | vs HOU | ||||
| Wed, Aug 28th | vs ATL | vs HOU | ||||
| Fri, Aug 30th | vs TOR | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 31st | vs TOR | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 1st | vs TOR | vs ATL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 2nd | @ TB | |||||
| Tue, Sep 3rd | @ TB | @ TOR | ||||
| Wed, Sep 4th | @ TB | @ TOR | ||||
| Thu, Sep 5th | @ TB | @ MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 6th | @ KC | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 7th | @ KC | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 8th | @ KC | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 9th | vs LAA | vs TB | ||||
| Tue, Sep 10th | vs LAA | vs TB | ||||
| Wed, Sep 11th | vs LAA | vs TB | ||||
| Fri, Sep 13th | vs CIN | vs NYM | ||||
| Sat, Sep 14th | vs CIN | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Sep 15th | vs CIN | vs NYM | ||||
| Mon, Sep 16th | @ CLE | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 17th | @ CLE | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 18th | @ CLE | @ MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 19th | @ CLE | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Sep 20th | @ BOS | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Sep 21st | @ BOS | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Sep 22nd | @ BOS | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Sep 24th | vs MIA | vs CHC | ||||
| Wed, Sep 25th | vs MIA | vs CHC | ||||
| Thu, Sep 26th | vs MIA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 27th | vs BAL | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 28th | vs BAL | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 29th | vs BAL | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Mar 29th | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (0-0) | ||||
| Mon, Apr 1st | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (1-2) | #113 | |||
| Fri, Apr 5th | @ WSH | Patrick Corbin (0-3) | #403 | |||
| Sun, Apr 7th | @ WSH | MacKenzie Gore (2-1) | #53 | |||
| Thu, Apr 11th | vs PIT | Jared Jones (2-2) | #106 | |||
| Mon, May 13th | @ NYM | |||||
| Thu, May 23rd | vs TEX | |||||
| Mon, Jun 3rd | vs MIL | |||||
| Mon, Jun 17th | vs SD | |||||
| Mon, Jun 24th | @ DET | |||||
| Thu, Jul 11th | vs LAD | |||||
| Fri, Jul 19th | @ PIT | |||||
| Thu, Aug 8th | @ ARI | |||||
| Thu, Aug 22nd | @ ATL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 29th | vs ATL | |||||
| Mon, Sep 23rd | vs CHC | |||||
