Players · B · Pitcher · 2026
Anthony Banda
- Age
- 33
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 221 lb
- Number
- #43
- Born
- August 10, 1993 in Corpus Christi, TX, United States
- MLB debut
- July 22, 2017
- Drafted
- 2012, round 10
- College
- San Jacinto JC
- High school
- Sinton
- Salary, 2026
- $1.63M
- dbWAR
- 1.5 12 season(s)
- IP
- 34.1
- ERA
- 4.46
- FIP
- 4.33
- K/9
- 8.7
- FIP−
- 104 100 = avg
Anthony Banda is a relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2026 he struck out 33 batters over 34.1 innings across 39 appearances, going 2-0. His ERA of 4.46 is 6.7% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 11th of 19 on his team, and 335th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.33 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 26.7% of swings (12.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.2%. His 0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | MIN | 39 | 0 | 34.1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 33 | 15 | 4.46 | 4.33 | 1.34 | 8.7 | 3.9 | 107 | 104 | 0.1 | |
| 2025 | LAD | 71 | 1 | 65.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 23 | 61 | 34 | 3.18 | 4.52 | 1.22 | 8.4 | 4.7 | 77 | 109 | 0.2 | |
| 2024 | LAD | 48 | 2 | 49.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 17 | 50 | 18 | 3.08 | 3.67 | 1.25 | 9.1 | 3.3 | 76 | 90 | 0.5 | |
| 2023 | WSH | 10 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6.43 | 5.97 | 2.00 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 148 | 138 | -0.1 | |
| 2022 | PIT/TOR/NYY | 32 | 1 | 26.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 20 | 30 | 13 | 6.75 | 4.50 | 2.10 | 10.1 | 4.4 | 170 | 113 | 0.0 | |
| 2021 | PIT/NYM | 30 | 0 | 33.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 16 | 32 | 13 | 4.28 | 4.92 | 1.54 | 8.6 | 3.5 | 100 | 115 | -0.0 | |
| 2020 | TB | 4 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 10.29 | 6.91 | 2.14 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 231 | 155 | -0.2 | |
| 2019 | TB | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 | 2.21 | 1.50 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 150 | 49 | 0.1 | |
| 2018 | TB | 3 | 1 | 14.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3.68 | 3.30 | 1.02 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 89 | 79 | 0.3 | |
| 2017 | AZ | 8 | 4 | 25.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 5.96 | 3.24 | 1.40 | 8.8 | 3.5 | 137 | 74 | 0.6 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 68 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 16 | .241 | .343 | .345 | .318 | 23.5% |
| vs RHB | 88 | 74 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 17 | .230 | .352 | .446 | .352 | 19.3% |
Pitch sequencing
What Anthony Banda throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Slider | 249 | 84.5 | 2,116 | 42.6% | 39.8% | 61 | .197 | .613 | |
| Sinker | 162 | 94.7 | 2,078 | 50.6% | 14.9% | 35 | .314 | .964 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 158 | 94.6 | 2,138 | 39.9% | 15.7% | 30 | .267 | .871 | |
| Changeup | 39 | 87.3 | 1,370 | 38.5% | 37.5% | 7 | — | — |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.