Who Should I Trade?

Christopher Morel for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Christopher Morel 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 343	# 368
VBR	# 1355	‐

Projections

Runs	2	5
Home Runs	0	2
RBI	2	4
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.185	.209

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 291	# 327

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 431	# 475

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Christopher Morel 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	96	68

Runs	11	3

Hits	18	11

Singles	11	8

Doubles	3	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	6	1

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	4

Strikeouts	38	28

Batting Average	.188	.162

On Base Pct	.310	.219

Slugging Pct	.333	.206

On-base Plus Slugging	.643	.425

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Christopher Morel 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	12	34

Runs	2	5

Hits	2	7

Singles	2	4

Doubles	0	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	2

RBI	2	4

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	4

Strikeouts	4	11

Batting Average	.185	.209

On Base Pct	.273	.284

Slugging Pct	.298	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.571	.672

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Christopher Morel 1B,LF,DH - NYM
News
	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	Christopher Morel agreed to a minor-league deal with the Mets on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 30th
	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Marlins sent 1B/OF Christopher Morel outright to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd	The Marlins designated Christopher Morel for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Christopher Morel went 1-for-4 with one RBI and a stolen base in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th
	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 Marlins activated Christopher Morel from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th
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			Christopher Morel 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, May 22nd				@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 24th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#349
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Christopher Morel for Will Benson (2026)

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