Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Banda for Sam Benschoter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Anthony Banda RP - MIN	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
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	‐	3.56
WHIP	‐	1.58

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	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
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	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	14

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	1.3

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	2

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	1

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	3.56

WHIP	‐	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Banda RP - MIN	Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
News
	Anthony Banda underwent surgery to repair his lat and is out for the season. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	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			Sam Benschoter RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#211	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#194	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Tue, Mar 31st				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Jun 17th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Banda for Sam Benschoter (2026)

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