Who Should I Trade?

Victor Caratini for Will Banfield (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN	Will Banfield C - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 283	‐
VBR	# 555	# 1326

Projections

Runs	6	0
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	7	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.245	.157

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 272	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 221	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN	Will Banfield C - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	290	4

Runs	27	0

Hits	64	0

Singles	48	0

Doubles	9	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	39	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	33	0

Strikeouts	68	1

Batting Average	.221	.000

On Base Pct	.314	.000

Slugging Pct	.324	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.638	.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN	Will Banfield C - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	56	9

Runs	6	0

Hits	14	1

Singles	10	1

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	7	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	0

Strikeouts	12	4

Batting Average	.245	.157

On Base Pct	.322	.175

Slugging Pct	.377	.226

On-base Plus Slugging	.699	.402

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN	Will Banfield C - CIN
News
	Victor Caratini is back in the Twins lineup on Friday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Reds recalled Will Banfield from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Victor Caratini was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Guardians with a right knee contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Reds selected the contract of Will Banfield. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Victor Caratini went 1-for-2 in a win over the Astros with a home run, two walks, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 30th	The Reds have reassigned catcher Will Banfield to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 21st
	Victor Caratini went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's 12-3 loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jun 24th
	Victor Caratini went 3-for-5 in a 16-8 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday with a double, three runs scored, three RBI, a walk, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN			Will Banfield C - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs SD	Joe Musgrove	#92
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Tue, Mar 31st				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#192
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Jun 17th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Victor Caratini for Will Banfield (2026)

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