Who Should I Trade?

Gary Sanchez for Will Banfield (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL	Will Banfield C - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 239	‐
VBR	# 1093	# 1230

Projections

Runs	3	0
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	4	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.231	.124

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 238	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 239	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 352	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 142	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL	Will Banfield C - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	203	4

Runs	34	0

Hits	43	0

Singles	21	0

Doubles	10	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	11	0

RBI	35	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	42	0

Strikeouts	52	1

Batting Average	.212	.000

On Base Pct	.353	.000

Slugging Pct	.434	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL	Will Banfield C - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	23	6

Runs	3	0

Hits	5	1

Singles	3	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	4	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	0

Strikeouts	7	3

Batting Average	.231	.124

On Base Pct	.322	.147

Slugging Pct	.435	.161

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.308

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL	Will Banfield C - CIN
News
	Gary Sanchez went 1-for-3 in Sunday's 7-4 loss to the Rangers with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th	The Reds recalled Will Banfield from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Gary Sanchez went 2-for-4 in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Padres with a home run, a double, one run scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th	The Reds selected the contract of Will Banfield. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Gary Sanchez went 2-for-3 in a win over the Pirates with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	The Reds have reassigned catcher Will Banfield to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 21st
	Gary Sanchez went 1-for-4 in Sunday's loss to the Cubs with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Gary Sanchez went 2-for-3 in Wednesday’s loss to the Athletics with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL			Will Banfield C - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#244	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#132
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#139	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#132	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#319
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#181
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#88	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#228
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#410	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#74
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#258
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#357
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#155
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#417
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#131
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#161	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ TOR
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#303
Tue, May 5th				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#208
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Gary Sanchez for Will Banfield (2026)

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