Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hedges for Will Banfield (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Hedges C - CLE	Will Banfield C - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1176	# 1326

Projections

Runs	4	0
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	4	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.212	.157

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 258	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Hedges C - CLE	Will Banfield C - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	174	4

Runs	20	0

Hits	46	0

Singles	34	0

Doubles	7	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	21	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	18	0

Strikeouts	33	1

Batting Average	.264	.000

On Base Pct	.333	.000

Slugging Pct	.391	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Hedges C - CLE	Will Banfield C - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	37	9

Runs	4	0

Hits	8	1

Singles	6	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	4	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	0

Strikeouts	9	4

Batting Average	.212	.157

On Base Pct	.279	.175

Slugging Pct	.323	.226

On-base Plus Slugging	.602	.402

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hedges C - CLE	Will Banfield C - CIN
News
	Austin Hedges went 1-for-4 in a 4-2 win over the Angels with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th	The Reds recalled Will Banfield from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Austin Hedges went 2-for-3 in an 11-3 loss to the Rays on Friday with a home run, one walk, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 25th	The Reds selected the contract of Will Banfield. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Austin Hedges went 2-for-3 in a 3-1 loss to the White Sox with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th	The Reds have reassigned catcher Will Banfield to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 21st
	Austin Hedges went 1-for-3 in a 9-4 win over the Rangers on Wednesday with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 2nd
	Austin Hedges went 1-for-3 in a 3-1 win over the Royals on Wednesday with a walk, a run scored, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Thu, May 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Hedges C - CLE			Will Banfield C - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#192
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ TOR
Sat, Apr 4th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 14th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hedges for Will Banfield (2026)

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