The Los Angeles Dodgers officially parted ways with a member of their last two World Series rosters Thursday, completing a trade with the Twins that sends pitcher Anthony Banda to Minnesota.
According to Dan Hayes of The Athletic, the Dodgers will receive international bonus pool money in return for the left-handed pitcher.
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The Twins designated Jackson Kowar in a corresponding 40-man roster move to make room for Banda.
Banda, 32, was 8-3 with a 3.14 ERA in 119 games over the last two seasons. He was due to report with the team’s other pitchers by Feb. 13; many have already checked in to the team’s Camelback Ranch facility in Phoenix.
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Banda made four appearances in the World Series each of the last two years. He was lights-out against the Yankees in the 2024 Fall Classic, facing 14 batters without allowing a run.
After making 71 appearances in the 2025 regular season and three more scoreless appearances last October en route to a National League pennant, fatigue might have caught up to Banda against the Blue Jays in 2025.
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Three of the five batters Banda faced in Game 1 of the World Series scored. So did two of the four batters he faced in Game 4, and one of the six he faced in Game 5.
By Game 7, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts turned to four starting pitchers — Tyler Glasnow, Emmet Sheehan, Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto — to pitch the final seven innings of a winner-take-all clincher.
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Banda was among the few bright spots in a Dodger bullpen that last year posted a 4.21 ERA — 21st in MLB.
Now he’ll take his two rings elsewhere as the Dodgers hook their fortunes to a new-look bullpen led by Edwin Diaz in 2026.
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