Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Carson Benge (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 96	‐
VBR	# 169	# 1345

Projections

Runs	26	3
Home Runs	6	1
RBI	22	2
Stolen Bases	6	0
Batting Average	.254	.215

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 72	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 111	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 75	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 105	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 142	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 126	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	361	94

Runs	52	12

Hits	94	17

Singles	69	6

Doubles	12	9

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	11	2

RBI	37	10

Stolen Bases	16	4

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	29	3

Strikeouts	85	23

Batting Average	.260	.181

On Base Pct	.322	.222

Slugging Pct	.396	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.719	.563

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	184	19

Runs	26	3

Hits	47	4

Singles	31	3

Doubles	9	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	22	2

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	1

Strikeouts	44	4

Batting Average	.254	.215

On Base Pct	.323	.259

Slugging Pct	.404	.346

On-base Plus Slugging	.727	.605

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM	Alek Thomas CF - LAD
News
	Carson Benge went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Phillies with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Alek Thomas made his debut for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Carson Benge went 0-for-3 in a loss to the Red Sox with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Alek Thomas has been traded to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 12th
	Carson Benge went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Red Sox with a stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Diamondbacks designated Alek Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Carson Benge went 2-for-3 in Tuesday’s 16-12 loss to the Royals with two walks, two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	Alek Thomas went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run on Saturday as the Diamondbacks dropped a 6-4 decision to the Padres. David Leisering Sat, Apr 25th
	Carson Benge went 2-for-4 in a win over the Braves with a home run, a double, one walk, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	Alek Thomas went 1-for-2 with a double, a walk, and a stolen base on Thursday as Arizona dropped a 4-1 decision to the White Sox. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM			Alek Thomas CF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th				vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#236
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#263
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD			@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Thomas for Carson Benge (2026)

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