Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Banda for Randy Dobnak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Anthony Banda RP - MIN	Randy Dobnak SP,RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 376	‐
VBR	‐	# 1119

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	24
Wins	‐	2
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	5.00
WHIP	‐	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 362	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 460	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Banda RP - MIN	Randy Dobnak SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	4

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	34.1	19.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	10	0

Hits Allowed	31	17

Earned Runs	17	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	33	10

Walks	15	9

ERA	4.46	1.42

WHIP	1.34	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Banda RP - MIN	Randy Dobnak SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	11

Games Started	‐	6

Innings Pitched	‐	38.9

Wins	‐	2

Losses	‐	3

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	43

Earned Runs	‐	22

Home Runs Allowed	‐	5

Strikeouts	‐	24

Walks	‐	15

ERA	‐	5.00

WHIP	‐	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Banda RP - MIN	Randy Dobnak SP,RP - KC
News
	Anthony Banda underwent surgery to repair his lat and is out for the season. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Randy Dobnak allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out three over five innings in Thursday's loss to the Tigers. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th
	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	Randy Dobnak allowed one earned run on four hits and four walks while striking out three over 4.1 innings in Saturday's win over the Padres. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 19th
	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	The Royals recalled RHP Randy Dobnak from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	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	The Kansas City Royals are acquiring right-hander Randy Dobnak from the Mariners. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	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	The Mariners reassigned RHP Randy Dobnak to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Anthony Banda RP - MIN			Randy Dobnak SP,RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#423	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#181	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#246	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#211	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, Jun 17th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 14th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Banda for Randy Dobnak (2026)

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