Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 343	‐
VBR	# 1289	# 1129

Projections

Runs	1	9
Home Runs	0	1
RBI	1	8
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.179	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 289	# 337

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 431	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	96	‐

Runs	11	‐

Hits	18	‐

Singles	11	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	6	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	16	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Batting Average	.188	‐

On Base Pct	.310	‐

Slugging Pct	.333	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.643	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	7	72

Runs	1	9

Hits	1	17

Singles	1	12

Doubles	0	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	1	8

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	9

Strikeouts	2	19

Batting Average	.179	.241

On Base Pct	.249	.324

Slugging Pct	.283	.344

On-base Plus Slugging	.533	.668

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
News
	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	Gavin Lux is back in St. Pete with his rehab assignment paused. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Rays infielder Gavin Luz went 3-for-4 as the designated hitter for Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd	Gavin Lux is starting a rehab assignment at Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Ari Koslow 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	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Gavin Lux will begin a rehab assignment on June 29. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	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	Gavin Lux is scheduled to face Craig Kimbrel in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN			Gavin Lux 2B,3B,LF,DH - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, May 22nd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, May 24th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Lux for Will Benson (2026)

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