Who Should I Trade?

Carson Benge for Nick Castellanos (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 103	# 361
VBR	# 86	‐

Projections

Runs	10	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	9	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.257	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 72	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 111	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 40	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 105	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 104	# 312

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 126	# 472

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	515	115

Runs	71	9

Hits	142	22

Singles	105	13

Doubles	18	5

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	16	4

RBI	54	20

Stolen Bases	20	2

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	40	5

Strikeouts	122	34

Batting Average	.276	.191

On Base Pct	.335	.221

Slugging Pct	.416	.339

On-base Plus Slugging	.750	.560

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	70	‐

Runs	10	‐

Hits	18	‐

Singles	13	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	9	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	6	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Batting Average	.257	‐

On Base Pct	.324	‐

Slugging Pct	.400	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
News
	Carson Benge went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and two RBI in Wednesday's 4-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 19th	Nick Castellanos was designated for assignment by the San Diego Padres on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jun 3rd
	Carson Benge went 1-for-2 with a home run, two walks, one run scored and an RBI in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 16th	Nick Castellanos went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 7-4 win over the Mariners on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Carson Benge is back in the Mets lineup on Sunday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Nick Castellanos hit a game-tying, two-run home run in the ninth inning on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Carson Benge is not in the Mets lineup on Saturday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Nick Castellanos went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI in the Padres 5-4 loss against the Cubs on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Mets’ interim manager Andy Green told reporters that X-rays on the injured wrist of Carson Benge came back negative for any fractures. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said he expects to give Nick Castellanos time as the designated hitter as well as in the outfield and at first base. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM			Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#155
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#258
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#228
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#175
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#357
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#131
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#136
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU	Bennett Sousa
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#151
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#343
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF	Anthony Molina
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-0)	#271
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Benge for Nick Castellanos (2026)

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