Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Banda for Omar Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Anthony Banda RP - MIN	Omar Cruz RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 376	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	1
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	3.96
WHIP	‐	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 363	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 460	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Banda RP - MIN	Omar Cruz RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	34.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	10	‐

Hits Allowed	31	‐

Earned Runs	17	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	4.46	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Banda RP - MIN	Omar Cruz RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	13

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	1.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	1

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	1

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	3.96

WHIP	‐	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Banda RP - MIN	Omar Cruz RP - SD
News
	Anthony Banda underwent surgery to repair his lat and is out for the season. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Omar Cruz has signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres. The deal presumably includes an invite to spring training. David Leisering Wed, Jan 14th
	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
	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
	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
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Anthony Banda RP - MIN			Omar Cruz RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#205
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#211	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#194	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
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 (6-7)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st				vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CLE
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Banda for Omar Cruz (2026)

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