Who Should I Trade?

Colby Thomas for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH	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	‐	# 343
VBR	# 499	# 1348

Projections

Runs	14	2
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	15	2
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.236	.178

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 291

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 400	# 431

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	103	96

Runs	11	11

Hits	21	18

Singles	14	11

Doubles	3	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	11	6

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	4	16

Strikeouts	32	38

Batting Average	.204	.188

On Base Pct	.241	.310

Slugging Pct	.350	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.590	.643

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	107	12

Runs	14	2

Hits	25	2

Singles	15	2

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	15	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	7	1

Strikeouts	34	4

Batting Average	.236	.178

On Base Pct	.290	.264

Slugging Pct	.423	.287

On-base Plus Slugging	.712	.551

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
News
	Colby Thomas is getting more imaging on his wrist on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Colby Thomas left Monday's game early with a left wrist contusion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Colby Thomas went 2-for-3 in Tuesday’s 9-3 loss to the Dodgers with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd
	Colby Thomas went 2-for-3 in Monday's 9-4 loss to the Dodgers with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Colby Thomas went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Angels with an RBI and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Colby Thomas LF,CF,RF - ATH			Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#185	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Colby Thomas for Will Benson (2026)

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