Who Should I Trade?

Alex Verdugo for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 357	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Runs	‐	‐
Home Runs	‐	‐
RBI	‐	‐
Stolen Bases	‐	‐
Batting Average	‐	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 305	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 431	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	96	‐

Runs	11	‐

Hits	18	‐

Singles	11	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	6	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	16	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Batting Average	.188	‐

On Base Pct	.310	‐

Slugging Pct	.333	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.643	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	‐

Runs	‐	‐

Hits	‐	‐

Singles	‐	‐

Doubles	‐	‐

Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA
News
	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	Alex Verdugo has a shoulder injury that is expected to keep him out the rest of the season and require surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Verdugo will likely need an extended run of success at Triple-A El Paso before putting himself in consideration for a promotion to San Diego. He posted a .585 OPS across 213 plate appearances with Atlanta in 2025 and signed a minor-league deal with the Padres on March 1. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 15th
	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd	The Padres signed OF Alex Verdugo to a minor league contract Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Reds outfielder Will Benson slugged a pinch-hit, game-tying home run in a 4-3 win over the Royals on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	Reds outfielder Will Benson hit a pinch-hit two-run homer in a 13-2 loss to the Rockies on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN			Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#208
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#187
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#126
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (6-2)	#229
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#189
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#163
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#203
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#243
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#278
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#223
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#87
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#15
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#103
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#127

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Verdugo for Will Benson (2026)

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