Who Should I Trade?

Sebastian Rivero for Will Banfield (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sebastian Rivero C - LAA	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	# 1255	# 1281

Projections

Runs	0	0
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	0	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.206	.108

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 362	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sebastian Rivero C - LAA	Will Banfield C - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	53	4

Runs	5	0

Hits	13	0

Singles	11	0

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	8	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	0

Strikeouts	12	1

Batting Average	.245	.000

On Base Pct	.286	.000

Slugging Pct	.283	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.569	.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sebastian Rivero C - LAA	Will Banfield C - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	2	5

Runs	0	0

Hits	0	1

Singles	0	1

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	0	2

Batting Average	.206	.108

On Base Pct	.246	.132

Slugging Pct	.300	.122

On-base Plus Slugging	.547	.254

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sebastian Rivero C - LAA	Will Banfield C - CIN
News
	The Angels activated C Sebastián Rivero from the 60-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th	The Reds recalled Will Banfield from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	The Angels transferred C Sebastián Rivero to 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th	The Reds selected the contract of Will Banfield. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The Angels pulled Sebastian Rivero off his rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	The Reds have reassigned catcher Will Banfield to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 21st
	Sebastian Rivero resumed his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	The Angels transferred Sebastian Rivero's rehab assignment to Single-A Rancho. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sebastian Rivero C - LAA			Will Banfield C - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#337	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#371
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#282
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#209	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#202
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#376
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#86	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#236	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#101	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#47	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#10
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122

Who Should I Trade?

Sebastian Rivero for Will Banfield (2026)

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