Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 264	# 342
VBR	# 927	# 1389

Projections

Runs	12	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	12	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.250	.174

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 259	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 250	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 276	# 290

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 325	# 431

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	43	96

Runs	3	11

Hits	10	18

Singles	8	11

Doubles	1	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	1	3

RBI	7	6

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	1	16

Strikeouts	13	38

Batting Average	.233	.188

On Base Pct	.250	.310

Slugging Pct	.326	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.576	.643

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	91	13

Runs	12	2

Hits	23	2

Singles	14	2

Doubles	5	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	12	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	1

Strikeouts	24	5

Batting Average	.250	.174

On Base Pct	.307	.254

Slugging Pct	.423	.285

On-base Plus Slugging	.730	.539

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
News
	Austin Hays (calf) was shifted to the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Austin Hays has been pulled off his rehab assignment due to continued soreness in his left calf. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Austin Hays began his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd
	Austin Hays will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	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
	The White Sox placed Austin Hays on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	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	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS			Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#319
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#378
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#276
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#306	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#305
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#289
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#320	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco	#213	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#231
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Will Benson (2026)

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