Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Banda for Ryan Helsley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Anthony Banda RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 115	# 376
VBR	# 539	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	3.67	‐
WHIP	1.26	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 207	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 39	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 104	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 58	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	# 362

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 187	# 460

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Anthony Banda RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	39

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	34.1

Wins	0	2

Losses	4	0

Saves	8	2

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	0	10

Hits Allowed	13	31

Earned Runs	7	17

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	21	33

Walks	9	15

ERA	4.11	4.46

WHIP	1.43	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Anthony Banda RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	8.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	3.67	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Anthony Banda RP - MIN
News
	The Orioles transferred Ryan Helsley to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Anthony Banda underwent surgery to repair his lat and is out for the season. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Ryan Helsley said he has inflammation around his UCL but the ligament itself is intact. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Ryan Helsley will seek a second opinion on his right elbow in the coming weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Ryan Helsley is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	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 Orioles placed Ryan Helsley on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	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
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL			Anthony Banda RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#214
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#200
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Banda for Ryan Helsley (2026)

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