Who Should I Trade?

Tyler Stephenson for Will Banfield (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Stephenson C,DH - CIN	Will Banfield C - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 214	‐
VBR	# 259	# 1259

Projections

Runs	5	0
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	6	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.230	.092

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 207	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 171	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 218	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 275	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 335	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Stephenson C,DH - CIN	Will Banfield C - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	369	7

Runs	39	0

Hits	92	1

Singles	58	1

Doubles	19	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	15	0

RBI	52	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	46	0

Strikeouts	115	2

Batting Average	.249	.143

On Base Pct	.333	.143

Slugging Pct	.423	.143

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	.286

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Stephenson C,DH - CIN	Will Banfield C - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	43	5

Runs	5	0

Hits	10	0

Singles	6	0

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	6	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	0

Strikeouts	14	2

Batting Average	.230	.092

On Base Pct	.315	.098

Slugging Pct	.393	.105

On-base Plus Slugging	.708	.203

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Stephenson C,DH - CIN	Will Banfield C - CIN
News
	Tyler Stephenson went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Sep 6th	The Reds recalled Will Banfield from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-5 in Sunday's win over the Cubs with a two-run home run and one double. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 31st	The Reds selected the contract of Will Banfield. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-5 in a 10-8 win over the Cubs with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th	The Reds have reassigned catcher Will Banfield to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 21st
	Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rockies with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Stephenson C,DH - CIN			Will Banfield C - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#165	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#165
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#305	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#305
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#338	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#338
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#182	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#182
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#176	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#176
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#261	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#261
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#157	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#157
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#272	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#272
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#190	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#190
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#108	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#259	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#259
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#44	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#286	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#286
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#253	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#253
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#145	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#145
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#402	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#402
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#120	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#120
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#187	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#187
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#330	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#330
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#169	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#169
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#16	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#16
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Tyler Stephenson for Will Banfield (2026)

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