Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Banda for Kyle Leahy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL	Anthony Banda RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 156	# 377
VBR	# 373	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	23	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.18	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 80	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 141	# 366

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 100	# 460

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL	Anthony Banda RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	39

Games Started	25	0

Innings Pitched	126.1	34.1

Wins	10	2

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	10

Hits Allowed	127	31

Earned Runs	44	17

Home Runs Allowed	12	3

Strikeouts	115	33

Walks	37	15

ERA	3.13	4.46

WHIP	1.30	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL	Anthony Banda RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	26.3	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	26	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.18	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL	Anthony Banda RP - MIN
News
	Kyle Leahy allowed zero earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Phillies. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 24th	Anthony Banda underwent surgery to repair his lat and is out for the season. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Kyle Leahy allowed zero earned runs on three hits and zero walks while striking out six over five innings in Tuesday's win over the Reds. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 19th	Twins left-hander Anthony Banda (lat) has been placed on the 15-day injured list, and will reportedly be out for months rather than weeks. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Kyle Leahy allowed one earned run on six hits and no walks while striking out six over five innings in Wednesday's win over the Phillies. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 13th	Twins left-hander Anthony Banda (side) left Sunday's game against the Rockies after just one pitch in the ninth inning. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Kyle Leahy allowed two earned runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out eight over five innings in Friday's 3-2 win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 8th	Anthony Banda struck out one in a perfect frame to earn the save in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Diamondbacks. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 22nd
	Kyle Leahy allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out three over six innings in Friday's loss to the Blue Jays. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st	Anthony Banda struck out one batter over 1.1 scoreless innings to earn the save in Friday's 8-6 win over the Red Sox. Matthew Adam Sat, May 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL			Anthony Banda RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#246
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Mon, May 18th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Fri, May 22nd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119
Sun, May 24th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#273	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#107
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Banda for Kyle Leahy (2026)

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