
MIN · CF
Power bat underperforming: 14.17% barrel, .153 ISO, 28.27% whiff.
Everything you need to know about Byron Buxton before you bet. He's gone over his hits line 47% of the time across 17 tracked games. Compare home run, hits, and total bases odds across 8 sportsbooks below.
Highest Barrel Rate among power hitters this season. Top 10.
| # | Player | Team | Barrel Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eli White | BOS | 52.1% |
| 2 | Mike Trout | LAA | 50.0% |
| 3 | Colton Cowser | BAL | 41.7% |
| 4 | Billy Cook | PIT | 39.8% |
| 5 | Dominic Canzone | SEA | 36.5% |
| 6 | Wyatt Langford | TEX | 35.0% |
| 7 | Pete Alonso | BAL | 34.2% |
| 8 | Spencer Torkelson | DET | 33.3% |
| 9 | Roman Anthony | BOS | 31.7% |
| 10 | Colt Keith | DET | 31.5% |
Byron Buxton is not in the top 10 power hitters on barrel rate this season.
Byron Buxton is a power-first profile struggling with consistency through 84 games. His 14.17% barrel rate and .153 ISO lag typical power standards, and a 7.5% home-run rate reflects uneven contact quality. A 15.5% strikeout rate paired with a 28.27% whiff rate points to chase tendencies that undermine plate discipline. Speed is negligible at 1.64% stolen-base rate. The raw power ceiling exists, but execution remains the limiting factor.
Performance summary as of week of July 27, 2026
Hits Over Rate
47%
8 of 17 games
HR Over Rate
13%
Bottom 1%2 of 15 games
TB Over Rate
29%
5 of 17 games
Hits Over Rate — How often he goes over his hits line. Shows how reliable he is for hits props.
HR Over Rate — How often he goes over his home run line. Higher = he hits for power consistently.
TB Over Rate — How often he goes over his total bases line. Combines hits + extra-base power.
These are the prop bets available for Byron Buxton. Each card shows the over rate and game count. Click any market to compare odds across 8 sportsbooks.
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These are Byron Buxton's Statcast numbers — the advanced metrics behind hits, home runs, and total bases. Green values are above league average.
K Rate
19.8%
Strikeout rate · league avg ~22%
Whiff %
27.5%
Swing-and-miss rate · league avg ~25%
Hard Hit %
26.7%
Pct of balls hit ≥95 mph · league avg ~36%
Barrel %
14.2%
Top 1%Highest-quality contact · league avg ~7%
HR Rate
7.5%
Home runs per AB · league avg ~3%
SLG
.490
Slugging percentage · league avg ~.420
Stats as of 2026-08-25 · extended sample through 2025-09-27
Each bar shows hits per start. The gold dashed line is the most recent posted hits line (0.5). He went over 3 of 5 times against this line.
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Sign up freeByron Buxton (MIN) typically has three batter prop markets posted: hits, home runs, and total bases. Each prop page on OddsGuy compares the live line and price across 8 sportsbooks (DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, BetRivers, Fanatics, Bovada, and Pinnacle) and highlights the best available price.
Over his last 17 tracked games, Byron Buxton has gone over his hits line 47% of the time, over his home-run line 13% of the time, and over his total-bases line 29% of the time. The prop pages above show every settled game with the line, actual outcome, and book context.
Byron Buxton props are posted at the major US sportsbooks — DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, BetRivers, Fanatics — and offshore at Pinnacle and Bovada. The prop pages above compare live pricing across all 8 books so you can find the best number.
Byron Buxton — MIN CF Hits over rate: 47% (last 17 games) HR over rate: 13% (last 15 games) TB over rate: 29% (last 17 games) K rate: 19.8% (league avg ~22%) Whiff rate: 27.5% (league avg ~25%) Hard-hit rate: 26.7% (league avg ~36%) Barrel rate: 14.2% (league avg ~7%) HR rate: 7.5% (league avg ~3%) SLG: 0.490 (league avg ~.420) Stats as of: 2026-08-25