Who Should I Trade?

Will Banfield for Will Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Will Smith C - LAD	Will Banfield C - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 129	‐
VBR	# 498	# 1326

Projections

Runs	7	0
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	7	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.251	.157

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 131	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 151	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 106	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 236	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 82	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Smith C - LAD	Will Banfield C - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	173	4

Runs	23	0

Hits	43	0

Singles	32	0

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	23	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	23	0

Strikeouts	34	1

Batting Average	.249	.000

On Base Pct	.338	.000

Slugging Pct	.382	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Smith C - LAD	Will Banfield C - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	46	9

Runs	7	0

Hits	12	1

Singles	7	1

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	7	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	0

Strikeouts	10	4

Batting Average	.251	.157

On Base Pct	.353	.175

Slugging Pct	.424	.226

On-base Plus Slugging	.777	.402

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Smith C - LAD	Will Banfield C - CIN
News
	Will Smith went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer in a rehab game for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	The Reds recalled Will Banfield from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Will Smith will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	The Reds selected the contract of Will Banfield. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Will Smith took live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	The Reds have reassigned catcher Will Banfield to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 21st
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Will Smith could be sent on a rehab assignment next week. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said that Will Smith could progress to on-field batting practice this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 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
	Will Smith C - LAD			Will Banfield C - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#192
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Sat, Jul 18th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#183	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs SD	Joe Musgrove	#92
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202

Who Should I Trade?

Will Banfield for Will Smith (2026)

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