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Anthony Banda for Taijuan Walker (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Anthony Banda RP - MIN  | Taijuan Walker SP,RP - LAA  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | ‐ | ‐ |
| VBR | # 650 | # 1102 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 34 | 20 |
| Wins | 2 | 1 |
| Saves | 1 | 0 |
| ERA | 4.23 | 5.21 |
| WHIP | 1.44 | 1.51 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | MiLB |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 350 | ‐ |
| Anthony Banda RP - MIN | Taijuan Walker SP,RP - LAA | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 28 | 5 |
| Games Started | 0 | 4 |
| Innings Pitched | 25.0 | 22.2 |
| Wins | 1 | 1 |
| Losses | 0 | 4 |
| Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 6 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 20 | 36 |
| Earned Runs | 15 | 23 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 2 | 8 |
| Strikeouts | 21 | 17 |
| Walks | 11 | 11 |
| ERA | 5.40 | 9.13 |
| WHIP | 1.24 | 2.07 |
| Anthony Banda RP - MIN | Taijuan Walker SP,RP - LAA | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 39 | 18 |
| Games Started | 0 | 3 |
| Innings Pitched | 36.2 | 27.7 |
| Wins | 2 | 1 |
| Losses | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 7 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 33 | 30 |
| Earned Runs | 17 | 16 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | 5 |
| Strikeouts | 34 | 20 |
| Walks | 17 | 11 |
| ERA | 4.23 | 5.21 |
| WHIP | 1.44 | 1.51 |
| Anthony Banda RP - MIN | Taijuan Walker SP,RP - LAA | |
| News | ||
| 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 Angels signed Taijuan Walker to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd | |
| The Dodgers traded Anthony Banda to the Twins for international bonus pool money. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th | The Phillies released RHP Taijuan Walker. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd | |
| The Los Angeles Dodgers designated Anthony Banda for assignment on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Feb 6th | The Phillies will use an opener on Wednesday ahead of Taijuan Walker against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th | |
| Anthony Banda avoided arbitration with the Los Angeles Dodgers and agreed to a $1.625 million contract in 2026. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th | Taijuan Walker allowed seven earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out four over four innings in Friday's 9-0 loss to Atlanta. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Apr 18th | |
| Taijuan Walker allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out six over five innings in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Diamondbacks. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Apr 12th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Anthony Banda RP - MIN | Taijuan Walker SP,RP - LAA | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | @ HOU | Hunter Brown (1-0) | #17 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | @ HOU | Cristian Javier (0-1) | #258 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #152 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #80 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #40 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #167 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #9 | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | @ NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #249 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 | vs SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #307 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #330 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 | vs SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ NYM | Christian Scott (1-0) | #90 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #22 | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #59 | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | vs NYM | Christian Scott (1-0) | #90 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ TOR | Spencer Miles (2-0) | #133 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #120 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #197 | vs LAD | Will Klein | |
| Sat, May 16th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #191 | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #152 | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #333 | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #202 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #183 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #210 | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ PIT | Jared Jones (0-0) | #69 | @ TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #22 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #210 | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs KC | Luinder Avila | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 | |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ DET | vs HOU | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ DET | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs STL | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs STL | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs STL | vs TB | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ TEX | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ TEX | @ ARI | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ TEX | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ ARI | @ ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ ARI | @ ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ ARI | @ ATH | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs LAD | vs BAL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs LAD | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs LAD | vs BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs COL | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs COL | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs COL | vs ATH | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ HOU | @ SEA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ HOU | @ SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ HOU | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ NYY | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ NYY | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ NYY | vs BOS | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs CLE | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs CLE | @ TEX | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs CLE | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs LAA | @ MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs LAA | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs LAA | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ CHC | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ CHC | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ CHC | vs DET | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ CLE | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ CLE | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ CLE | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ CLE | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs ATH | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs ATH | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs ATH | @ SF | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs KC | vs HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs KC | vs HOU | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs KC | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ SEA | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ SEA | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ SEA | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ KC | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ KC | @ BAL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ KC | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ MIL | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ MIL | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ MIL | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs BAL | vs TEX | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs BAL | vs TEX | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs BAL | vs TEX | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs PHI | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs PHI | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs PHI | vs KC | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATL | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATL | @ HOU | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ SD | @ TEX | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ SD | @ TEX | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ SD | @ TEX | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ATH | vs CLE | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ ATH | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ ATH | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs CWS | vs PHI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs CWS | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs CWS | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs DET | vs NYY | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs DET | vs NYY | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs DET | vs NYY | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ CWS | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ CWS | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ CWS | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ DET | @ BOS | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ DET | @ BOS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ DET | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs CLE | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs CLE | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs CLE | @ WSH | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs NYY | vs SEA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs NYY | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs NYY | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ LAA | vs MIN | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ LAA | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ LAA | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ LAA | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ SF | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ SF | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ SF | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs TEX | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs TEX | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs TEX | @ SEA | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ ARI | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ SEA | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs HOU | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs KC | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ HOU | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ SEA | |||||
