Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Will Benson (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
 
Experts' Pick
 
  Will Benson
LF,CF,RF - CIN
Will Benson
Braiden Ward
CF - BOS
Braiden Ward
Expert
Recommendation
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Recommended by
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Rankings 
   
Rest of Season# 357‐
VBR‐‐
   
Projections 
   
Runs‐‐
Home Runs‐‐
RBI‐‐
Stolen Bases‐‐
Batting Average‐‐
   
Misc 
   
Injury AlertMiLBMiLB
   
Expert Ranks 
   
Kelly Kirby
FantasyPros		# 305‐
   
Kevin Spinelli
KevScores		# 431‐
   
Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
  Will Benson
LF,CF,RF - CIN
Will Benson
Braiden Ward
CF - BOS
Braiden Ward
2026 Stats 
   
   
At Bats96‐
   
Runs11‐
   
Hits18‐
   
Singles11‐
   
Doubles3‐
   
Triples1‐
   
Home Runs3‐
   
RBI6‐
   
Stolen Bases1‐
   
Caught Stealing1‐
   
Walks16‐
   
Strikeouts38‐
   
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
Will Benson
Braiden Ward
CF - BOS
Braiden Ward
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
Will Benson
Braiden Ward
CF - BOS
Braiden Ward
News 
 Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville.
Diego Sandoval
Wed, Jul 8th		 
 The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment.
Brenton Kemp
Sat, Jul 4th		 
 Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers.
Nate Miller - FantasyPros
Tue, Jun 23rd		 
 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
  Will Benson
LF,CF,RF - CIN
Will Benson
Braiden Ward
CF - BOS
Braiden Ward
Date OppOpp PitcherVBROppOpp PitcherVBR
Thu, Mar 26thvs BOSGarrett Crochet (3-3)@ CINAndrew Abbott (6-11)#149
Sat, Mar 28thvs BOSSonny Gray (18-5)#45@ CINBrady Singer (6-15)#221
Sun, Mar 29thvs BOSConnelly Early (7-5)#76@ CINRhett Lowder (7-12)#200
Mon, Mar 30thvs PITBraxton Ashcraft (14-6)@ HOULance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Mar 31stvs PITBubba Chandler (8-10)#59@ HOUHunter Brown (6-4)#19
Wed, Apr 1stvs PITPaul Skenes (10-11)#14@ HOUMike Burrows (4-9)
Fri, Apr 3rd@ TEXMacKenzie Gore (8-11)#39vs SDMichael King (12-10)#55
Sat, Apr 4th@ TEXKumar Rocker (6-11)#84vs SDRandy Vasquez (10-6)#245
Sun, Apr 5th@ TEXJack Leiter (3-7)vs SDWalker Buehler (9-6)#90
Mon, Apr 6th@ MIAJanson Junk (6-9)#138vs MILBrandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th@ MIASandy Alcantara (13-11)#77vs MILJacob Misiorowski (16-5)#7
Wed, Apr 8th@ MIAEury Perez (8-11)#22vs MILShane Drohan (7-5)#128
Fri, Apr 10thvs LAAJack Kochanowicz (2-5)@ STLDustin May (7-9)#35
Sat, Apr 11thvs LAAGeorge Klassen (2-2)@ STLKyle Leahy (10-5)#79
Sun, Apr 12thvs LAAJose Soriano (12-8)#23@ STLAndre Pallante (12-9)#87
Mon, Apr 13th   @ MINBailey Ober (7-7)#155
Tue, Apr 14thvs SFRobbie Ray (13-8)#198@ MINMick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15thvs SFTyler Mahle (7-10)#71@ MINSimeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, Apr 17th@ MINJoe Ryan (7-10)#25vs DETCasey Mize (6-10)#47
Sat, Apr 18th@ MINTaj Bradley (12-6)#44vs DETTarik Skubal (12-7)#2
Sun, Apr 19th@ MINBailey Ober (7-7)#155vs DETFramber Valdez (10-12)#53
Mon, Apr 20th@ TBJesse Scholtens (5-3)vs DETJack Flaherty (3-8)#179
Tue, Apr 21st@ TBSteven Matz (6-6)#201vs NYYLuis Gil (1-2)#225
Wed, Apr 22nd@ TBNick Martinez (15-6)#208vs NYYMax Fried (5-5)#21
Thu, Apr 23rd   vs NYYCam Schlittler (14-6)#9
Fri, Apr 24thvs DETFramber Valdez (10-12)#53@ BALBrandon Young (9-6)#168
Sat, Apr 25thvs DETJack Flaherty (3-8)#179@ BALTrevor Rogers (10-11)#42
Sun, Apr 26thvs DETKeider Montero (10-9)#188@ BALKyle Bradish (7-14)
Mon, Apr 27th   @ TORDylan Cease (11-6)
Tue, Apr 28thvs COLKyle Freeland (4-12)#187@ TORTrey Yesavage (5-6)#24
Wed, Apr 29thvs COLTomoyuki Sugano (12-12)#263@ TOREric Lauer (8-7)
Fri, May 1st@ PITMitch Keller (6-8)vs HOUMike Burrows (4-9)
Sat, May 2nd@ PITCarmen Mlodzinski (8-7)#52vs HOUSpencer Arrighetti (9-9)#181
Sun, May 3rd@ PITBraxton Ashcraft (14-6)vs HOUCody Bolton (0-1)#282
Mon, May 4th@ CHCEdward Cabrera (5-5)#126@ DETTyler Holton (2-5)#137
Tue, May 5th@ CHCJameson Taillon (2-6)@ DETFramber Valdez (10-12)#53
Wed, May 6th@ CHCColin Rea (8-8)#262@ DETJack Flaherty (3-8)#179
Thu, May 7th@ CHCShota Imanaga (11-10)#49vs TBGriffin Jax (8-10)#67
Fri, May 8thvs HOUMike Burrows (4-9)vs TBJesse Scholtens (5-3)
Sun, May 10thvs HOUKai-Wei Teng (5-7)#220vs TBNick Martinez (15-6)#208
Tue, May 12thvs WSHMiles Mikolas (3-9)vs PHIZack Wheeler (14-5)#5
Wed, May 13thvs WSHJake Irvin (2-10)#213vs PHIAndrew Painter (3-10)#125
Thu, May 14thvs WSHFoster Griffin (15-6)#54vs PHIJesus Luzardo (14-5)
Fri, May 15th@ CLETanner Bibee (7-15)#80@ ATLSpencer Strider (4-2)
Sat, May 16th@ CLEJoey Cantillo (11-9)#63@ ATLBryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, May 17th@ CLEGavin Williams (14-8)#20@ ATLGrant Holmes (10-6)#193
Mon, May 18th@ PHIAndrew Painter (3-10)#125@ KCSeth Lugo (7-9)#184
Tue, May 19th@ PHIJesus Luzardo (14-5)@ KCBailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th@ PHIAaron Nola (7-12)#68@ KCMichael Wacha (9-10)#99
Fri, May 22nd   vs MINConnor Prielipp (6-7)#110
Sat, May 23rdvs STLKyle Leahy (10-5)#79vs MINTaj Bradley (12-6)#44
Sun, May 24th   vs MINBailey Ober (7-7)#155
Tue, May 26th@ NYMDavid Peterson (9-8)#61vs ATLSpencer Strider (4-2)
Wed, May 27th@ NYMHuascar Brazoban (6-2)#229vs ATLBryce Elder (8-8)
Thu, May 28th   vs ATLChris Sale (14-9)#3
Fri, May 29thvs ATLGrant Holmes (10-6)#193@ CLESlade Cecconi (5-7)#164
Sat, May 30thvs ATLMartin Perez (9-9)#82@ CLEParker Messick (12-9)#29
Sun, May 31stvs ATLSpencer Strider (4-2)@ CLETanner Bibee (7-15)#80
Tue, Jun 2ndvs KCNoah Cameron (9-8)#91vs BALShane Baz (6-15)#85
Wed, Jun 3rdvs KCStephen Kolek (4-3)vs BALChris Bassitt (9-5)#175
Thu, Jun 4th   vs BALTrevor Rogers (10-11)#42
Fri, Jun 5th@ STLKyle Leahy (10-5)#79@ NYYRyan Weathers (5-8)
Sun, Jun 7th@ STLMichael McGreevy (7-9)#109@ NYYCam Schlittler (14-6)#9
Mon, Jun 8th@ SDWalker Buehler (9-6)#90@ TBIan Seymour (9-7)#60
Tue, Jun 9th@ SDLucas Giolito (2-3)@ TBNick Martinez (15-6)#208
Wed, Jun 10th@ SDMichael King (12-10)#55@ TBDrew Rasmussen (16-5)#26
Fri, Jun 12thvs ARIEduardo Rodriguez (16-7)#191vs TEXJack Leiter (3-7)
Sat, Jun 13thvs ARIMichael Soroka (9-5)#48vs TEXJacob deGrom (11-11)#12
Sun, Jun 14thvs ARIZac Gallen (3-9)#216vs TEXNathan Eovaldi (11-10)#66
Tue, Jun 16thvs NYMKodai Senga (0-9)#163vs TORDylan Cease (11-6)
Wed, Jun 17thvs NYMNolan McLean (12-10)#28vs TORBraydon Fisher (3-4)#158
Thu, Jun 18th   vs TORTrey Yesavage (5-6)#24
Fri, Jun 19th@ NYYCam Schlittler (14-6)#9@ SEABryce Miller (4-10)#31
Sat, Jun 20th@ NYYWill Warren (11-6)#69@ SEAEmerson Hancock (7-8)#135
Sun, Jun 21st@ NYYElmer Rodriguez (0-3)#203@ SEALogan Gilbert (12-11)#8
Mon, Jun 22ndvs MILBrandon Woodruff (2-2)@ COLRyan Feltner (7-10)#230
Tue, Jun 23rdvs MILBrandon Sproat (3-7)@ COLSean Sullivan (0-3)#236
Wed, Jun 24thvs MILShane Drohan (7-5)#128@ COLKyle Freeland (4-12)#187
Thu, Jun 25th   vs NYYCam Schlittler (14-6)#9
Fri, Jun 26th@ PITPaul Skenes (10-11)#14vs NYYWill Warren (11-6)#69
Sat, Jun 27th@ PITJared Jones (5-6)#27vs NYYGerrit Cole (10-9)#18
Sun, Jun 28th@ PITMitch Keller (6-8)vs NYYCarlos Rodon (7-3)#32
Mon, Jun 29th@ MILRobert Gasser (5-5)#43vs WSHMiles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jun 30th@ MILBrandon Sproat (3-7)vs WSHCade Cavalli (13-5)#34
Wed, Jul 1st@ MILShane Drohan (7-5)#128vs WSHBrad Lord (5-2)#223
Fri, Jul 3rdvs BALTrevor Rogers (10-11)#42@ LAAReid Detmers (7-8)#16
Sat, Jul 4thvs BALBrandon Young (9-6)#168@ LAASam Aldegheri (3-4)#239
Sun, Jul 5thvs BALKyle Bradish (7-14)@ LAARyan Johnson (5-9)#170
Tue, Jul 7thvs PHIZack Wheeler (14-5)#5@ CWSNoah Schultz (4-9)#154
Wed, Jul 8thvs PHIAlan Rangel (0-3)@ CWSDavis Martin (9-8)#73
Thu, Jul 9thvs PHIJesus Luzardo (14-5)@ CWSAnthony Kay (10-9)#121
Fri, Jul 10thvs CHCShota Imanaga (11-10)#49@ NYMNolan McLean (12-10)#28
Sat, Jul 11thvs CHCJavier Assad (6-2)#243@ NYMFreddy Peralta (10-11)#51
Sun, Jul 12thvs CHCMatthew Boyd (10-5)#78@ NYMZac Thornton (5-6)#122
Fri, Jul 17th@ COLGabriel Hughes (0-8)vs TBMason Englert (0-4)#167
Sat, Jul 18th@ COLTomoyuki Sugano (12-12)#263vs TBIan Seymour (9-7)#60
Sun, Jul 19th@ COLRyan Feltner (7-10)#230vs TBShane McClanahan (10-7)
Mon, Jul 20th@ SEAGeorge Kirby (9-11)#33vs BALShane Baz (6-15)#85
Wed, Jul 22nd@ SEAEmerson Hancock (7-8)#135vs BALKyle Bradish (7-14)
Fri, Jul 24th@ STLDustin May (7-9)#35vs TORTrey Yesavage (5-6)#24
Sat, Jul 25th@ STLAndre Pallante (12-9)#87vs TORDylan Cease (11-6)
Sun, Jul 26th@ STLKyle Leahy (10-5)#79vs TORKevin Gausman (9-12)#36
Mon, Jul 27th   @ ATHJack Perkins (3-13)#171
Tue, Jul 28thvs CLEGavin Williams (14-8)#20@ ATHGage Jump (6-11)
Wed, Jul 29thvs CLEJoey Cantillo (11-9)#63@ ATHJacob Lopez (7-5)#251
Thu, Jul 30thvs PITYohan Ramirez@ ATHMason Barnett (1-4)#278
Fri, Jul 31stvs PITPaul Skenes (10-11)#14@ LADEdgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1stvs PITBraxton Ashcraft (14-6)@ LADYoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)#4
Sun, Aug 2ndvs PITMitch Keller (6-8)@ LADEmmet Sheehan (5-8)#65
Tue, Aug 4thvs ATHJ.T. Ginn (9-8)vs CWSDavis Martin (9-8)#73
Wed, Aug 5thvs ATHJacob Lopez (7-5)#251vs CWSSean Burke (11-7)#58
Thu, Aug 6thvs ATHMason Barnett (1-4)#278vs CWSLuis Castillo (4-11)#97
Fri, Aug 7th@ WSHCade Cavalli (13-5)#34vs ATHJack Perkins (3-13)#171
Sat, Aug 8th@ WSHAndrew Alvarez (2-6)#88vs ATHGage Jump (6-11)
Sun, Aug 9th@ WSHBrad Lord (5-2)#223vs ATHJ.T. Ginn (9-8)
Mon, Aug 10th   @ TORJameson Taillon (2-6)
Tue, Aug 11th@ CWSSean Burke (11-7)#58@ TORDylan Cease (11-6)
Wed, Aug 12th@ CWSLuis Castillo (4-11)#97@ TORJose Soriano (12-8)#23
Thu, Aug 13th@ CWSDavis Martin (9-8)#73@ TORMax Scherzer (4-9)#127
Fri, Aug 14thvs MIASandy Alcantara (13-11)#77@ PITBubba Chandler (8-10)#59
Sat, Aug 15thvs MIARyan Gusto (1-5)#142@ PITJared Jones (5-6)#27
Sun, Aug 16thvs MIAEury Perez (8-11)#22@ PITLake Bachar (2-4)#156
Mon, Aug 17thvs STLAndre Pallante (12-9)#87vs ARIMitch Bratt (1-3)
Tue, Aug 18thvs STLKyle Leahy (10-5)#79vs ARIMerrill Kelly (10-14)#146
Wed, Aug 19thvs STLMatthew Liberatore (6-14)#95vs ARIBrandon Pfaadt (8-3)#130
Fri, Aug 21st@ ARIEduardo Rodriguez (16-7)#191vs SFLogan Webb (8-9)
Sat, Aug 22nd@ ARIMichael Soroka (9-5)#48vs SFBlade Tidwell (1-2)
Sun, Aug 23rd@ ARIMitch Bratt (1-3)vs SFMatt Wilkinson (1-3)#150
Mon, Aug 24th@ SFCarson Whisenhunt (3-4)@ MIASandy Alcantara (13-11)#77
Tue, Aug 25th@ SFAdrian Houser (4-7)@ MIATyler Phillips (5-6)#247
Wed, Aug 26th@ SFLogan Webb (8-9)@ MIARyan Gusto (1-5)#142
Fri, Aug 28th@ CHCDavid Peterson (9-8)#61@ NYYCam Schlittler (14-6)#9
Sat, Aug 29th@ CHCKevin Gausman (9-12)#36@ NYYMax Fried (5-5)#21
Sun, Aug 30th@ CHCShota Imanaga (11-10)#49@ NYYWill Warren (11-6)#69
Mon, Aug 31stvs SDMichael King (12-10)#55vs SEAGeorge Kirby (9-11)#33
Tue, Sep 1stvs SDRandy Vasquez (10-6)#245vs SEABryan Woo (12-10)#13
Wed, Sep 2ndvs SDCasey Mize (6-10)#47vs SEABryce Miller (4-10)#31
Thu, Sep 3rd   @ BALBrandon Young (9-6)#168
Fri, Sep 4thvs MILShane Drohan (7-5)#128@ BALShane Baz (6-15)#85
Sat, Sep 5thvs MILDustin May (7-9)#35@ BALChris Bassitt (9-5)#175
Sun, Sep 6thvs MILKyle Harrison (11-5)#62@ BALKyle Bradish (7-14)
Mon, Sep 7th@ LADEmmet Sheehan (5-8)#65vs LAAGrayson Rodriguez (5-8)#64
Tue, Sep 8th@ LADTarik Skubal (12-7)#2vs LAAReid Detmers (7-8)#16
Wed, Sep 9th@ LADYoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)#4vs LAARyan Johnson (5-9)#170
Fri, Sep 11th@ MILDustin May (7-9)#35vs KCSeth Lugo (7-9)#184
Sat, Sep 12th@ MILShane Drohan (7-5)#128vs KCRandy Dobnak (3-5)#254
Sun, Sep 13th@ MILRobert Gasser (5-5)#43vs KCNoah Cameron (9-8)#91
Tue, Sep 15thvs LADYoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)#4@ TEXJacob deGrom (11-11)#12
Wed, Sep 16thvs LADBlake Snell (4-1)#15@ TEXMacKenzie Gore (8-11)#39
Thu, Sep 17thvs LADJustin Wrobleski (12-5)#50@ TEXTyler Alexander (5-2)#159
Fri, Sep 18thvs CHCClay Holmes (6-8)#83@ TBIan Seymour (9-7)#60
Sat, Sep 19thvs CHCMatthew Boyd (10-5)#78@ TBFreddy Peralta (10-11)#51
Sun, Sep 20thvs CHCDavid Peterson (9-8)#61@ TBGriffin Jax (8-10)#67
Tue, Sep 22nd@ ATLJR Ritchie (1-5)#103vs CLEParker Messick (12-9)#29
Wed, Sep 23rd@ ATLChris Sale (14-9)#3vs CLEFoster Griffin (15-6)#54
Thu, Sep 24th@ ATLTyler Mahle (7-10)#71vs CLEDaniel Espino (0-0)
Fri, Sep 25th@ TORJose Soriano (12-8)#23vs CHCDavid Peterson (9-8)#61
Sun, Sep 27th@ TORMax Scherzer (4-9)#127vs CHCShota Imanaga (11-10)#49
Thu, Apr 9th@ MIAMax Meyer (9-1)   
Thu, Apr 16thvs SFLanden Roupp (9-14)   
Thu, Apr 30thvs COLMichael Lorenzen (3-13)   
Sat, May 9thvs HOUSpencer Arrighetti (9-9)#181   
Mon, May 25th@ NYMNolan McLean (12-10)#28   
Mon, Jun 1stvs KCLuinder Avila (5-4)   
Sat, Jun 6th@ STLMatthew Liberatore (6-14)#95   
Mon, Jun 15thvs NYMTobias Myers (1-2)#189   
Thu, Jul 2nd@ MILJacob Misiorowski (16-5)#7   
Tue, Jul 21st@ SEALuis Castillo (4-11)#97   
Thu, Aug 20thvs STLMichael McGreevy (7-9)#109   
Mon, Sep 14thvs LADTarik Skubal (12-7)#2   
Sat, Sep 26th@ TORTrey Yesavage (5-6)#24