Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 343	‐
VBR	# 1388	# 1294

Projections

Runs	2	2
Home Runs	0	1
RBI	2	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.174	.232

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 291	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 431	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	96	22

Runs	11	4

Hits	18	4

Singles	11	2

Doubles	3	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	6	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	2

Strikeouts	38	8

Batting Average	.188	.182

On Base Pct	.310	.280

Slugging Pct	.333	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.643	.644

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	13	18

Runs	2	2

Hits	2	4

Singles	2	3

Doubles	0	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	2	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	2

Strikeouts	5	5

Batting Average	.174	.232

On Base Pct	.254	.317

Slugging Pct	.285	.389

On-base Plus Slugging	.539	.706

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
News
	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	CJ Kayfus was activated from the injured list in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	CJ Kayfus was sent down to Triple-A on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd	CJ Kayfus went 2-for-2 in win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Apr 6th
	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
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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			CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#103
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Will Benson (2026)

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