Who Should I Trade?

Ethan Salas for Will Banfield (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ethan Salas C - SD	Will Banfield C - CIN
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 992	# 1269

Projections

Runs	4	0
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	4	0
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.230	.108

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ethan Salas C - SD	Will Banfield C - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	4	4

Runs	0	0

Hits	0	0

Singles	0	0

Doubles	0	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	0	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	0

Strikeouts	2	1

Batting Average	.000	.000

On Base Pct	.000	.000

Slugging Pct	.000	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.000	.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ethan Salas C - SD	Will Banfield C - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	39	7

Runs	4	0

Hits	9	1

Singles	6	1

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	4	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	0

Strikeouts	9	3

Batting Average	.230	.108

On Base Pct	.295	.128

Slugging Pct	.343	.139

On-base Plus Slugging	.638	.267

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ethan Salas C - SD	Will Banfield C - CIN
News
	The Padres selected the contract of C Ethan Salas from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	The Reds recalled Will Banfield from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	The Padres are planning to promote top prospect Ethan Salas on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	The Reds selected the contract of Will Banfield. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The San Diego Padres are promoting C Ethan Salas to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Reds have reassigned catcher Will Banfield to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ethan Salas C - SD			Will Banfield C - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#404	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#384
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#404	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#164
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#274
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#256
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#274	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#358
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#335	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#196
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#366	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#391
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#283
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#364	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#426
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#145	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#173	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#390	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#177	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#275
Fri, Apr 24th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114

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Ethan Salas for Will Banfield (2026)

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