Who Should I Trade?

Harrison Bader for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 238	# 343
VBR	# 449	# 1355

Projections

Runs	16	2
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	16	2
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.230	.178

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 214	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 214	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 237	# 291

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 348	# 431

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	106	96

Runs	10	11

Hits	18	18

Singles	8	11

Doubles	5	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	14	6

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	4	16

Strikeouts	34	38

Batting Average	.170	.188

On Base Pct	.198	.310

Slugging Pct	.359	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.557	.643

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	131	12

Runs	16	2

Hits	30	2

Singles	20	2

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	16	2

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	1

Strikeouts	35	4

Batting Average	.230	.178

On Base Pct	.286	.264

Slugging Pct	.373	.287

On-base Plus Slugging	.659	.551

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
News
	Harrison Bader remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Harrison Bader took batting practice on the field on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Harrison Bader has begun a running progression. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd
	Harrison Bader told reporters he doesn't expect to miss an extended period of time on the injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	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
	The Giants placed OF Harrison Bader on the 10-day injured list with plantar fasciitis. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF			Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#349
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Tue, Jun 16th				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Harrison Bader for Will Benson (2026)

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