Will Banfield

Will Banfield

25-Year-Old CatcherC
Cincinnati Reds AAA
2025 Fantasy Outlook
There was no outlook written for Will Banfield in 2025. Check out the latest news below for more on his current fantasy value.
Signed a one-year contract with the Reds in November of 2024.
Optioned to Triple-A
CCincinnati Reds  AAA
September 5, 2025
The Reds optioned Banfield to Triple-A Louisville on Friday.
Analysis
Banfield served as the backup catcher behind Jose Trevino while Tyler Stephenson (thumb) was shelved. With Stephenson back in the fold, Banfield will return to Louisville.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-100%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
-100%
OPS vs RHP
2024
No Stats
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Since 2023vs Right .222 9 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111
2025vs Left .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025vs Right .222 9 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-100%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
-100%
OPS at Home
2024
No Stats
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .286 7 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143
Since 2023Away .000 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025Home .286 7 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143
2025Away .000 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minor League Left/Right Batting Splits (AAA)
Since 2023
 
 
+23%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+13%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+57%
OPS vs LHP
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .734 167 4 20 .269 .311 .423
Since 2023vs Right .595 453 6 43 .224 .280 .314
2025vs Left .423 55 0 6 .188 15.000 .292
2025vs Right .480 194 1 16 .229 51.015 .291
2024vs Left .849 112 4 14 .306 37.000 .481
2024vs Right .541 259 5 27 .220 71.008 .332
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stat Review
How does Will Banfield compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.00
 
BB Rate
0.0%
 
K Rate
60.0%
 
BABIP
.250
 
ISO
.000
 
AVG
.100
 
OBP
.100
 
SLG
.100
 
OPS
.200
 
wOBA
.089
 
Exit Velocity
84.4 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
25.0%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.000
 
Expected SLG
.000
 
Sprint Speed
23.6 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
33.3%
 
Line Drive %
33.3%
 
Fly Ball %
33.3%
 
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Added to roster
CCincinnati Reds  AAA
August 20, 2025
The Reds selected Banfield's contract from Triple-A Louisville on Wednesday.
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Heads to injured list
CMiami Marlins  AAA
Undisclosed
July 8, 2020
Banfield was placed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday for undisclosed reasons, Andersen Pickard of MLBDailyDish.com reports.
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Joins 60-man player pool
CMiami Marlins  AAA
June 29, 2020
Banfield is part of the Marlins' 60-man player pool, Craig Mish of SportsGrid.com reports.
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Popped by Marlins with 69th pick
CMiami Marlins  AAA
June 4, 2018
The Marlins have selected Banfield with the 69th overall pick in the 2018 first-year player draft.
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