Who Should I Trade?

Blake Perkins for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 344	‐
VBR	# 1299	# 1280

Projections

Runs	1	4
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	1	3
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.228	.197

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 291	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 431	# 452

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	96	89

Runs	11	14

Hits	18	14

Singles	11	7

Doubles	3	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	6	11

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	16	10

Strikeouts	38	22

Batting Average	.188	.157

On Base Pct	.310	.250

Slugging Pct	.333	.258

On-base Plus Slugging	.643	.508

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	8	33

Runs	1	4

Hits	2	6

Singles	1	5

Doubles	0	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	1	3

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	4

Strikeouts	3	10

Batting Average	.228	.197

On Base Pct	.325	.282

Slugging Pct	.369	.277

On-base Plus Slugging	.695	.559

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - MIL
News
	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	The Brewers recalled OF Blake Perkins from Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Blake Perkins was optioned to Triple-A Nashville ahead of Tuesday's doubleheader. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd	Blake Perkins went 2-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Phillies with a double and a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th
	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	Blake Perkins went 0-for-3 in a win over the Twins with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	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	The Brewers are expected to recall Blake Perkins from Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN			Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Fri, May 22nd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 24th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Blake Perkins for Will Benson (2026)

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