Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 343	‐
VBR	# 1287	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.193	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 289	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 431	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
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	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	7	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	1	‐

Singles	1	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Batting Average	.193	‐

On Base Pct	.261	‐

Slugging Pct	.313	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.574	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
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
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN			Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, May 22nd				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, May 24th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#193
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Will Benson (2026)

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