Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Lockridge for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 342
VBR	# 1264	# 1297

Projections

Runs	2	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	2	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.226	.203

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 290

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 285	# 431

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


At Bats	85	96

Runs	9	11

Hits	25	18

Singles	21	11

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	0	3

RBI	12	6

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	10	16

Strikeouts	25	38

Batting Average	.294	.188

On Base Pct	.368	.310

Slugging Pct	.341	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.710	.643

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


At Bats	20	8

Runs	2	1

Hits	5	2

Singles	3	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	2	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	1

Strikeouts	6	2

Batting Average	.226	.203

On Base Pct	.283	.285

Slugging Pct	.321	.312

On-base Plus Slugging	.603	.597

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
News
	The Brewers confirmed Brandon Lockridge will begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Brandon Lockridge will begin a minor-league rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	The Brewers have transferred outfielder Brandon Lockridge (knee) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd
	Brandon Lockridge's return has been bumped back to late July. Ari Koslow 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
	Brewers outfielder Brandon Lockridge (knee) received a PRP injection on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	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
	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL			Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#182	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ TOR
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, May 5th				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Lockridge for Will Benson (2026)

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