Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 139	# 342
VBR	# 154	# 1383

Projections

Runs	24	2
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	19	2
Stolen Bases	8	0
Batting Average	.276	.183

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 77	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 136	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 157	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 173	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 135	# 290

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	# 431

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	282	96

Runs	39	11

Hits	84	18

Singles	50	11

Doubles	18	3

Triples	6	1

Home Runs	10	3

RBI	53	6

Stolen Bases	16	1

Caught Stealing	4	1

Walks	18	16

Strikeouts	54	38

Batting Average	.298	.188

On Base Pct	.345	.310

Slugging Pct	.511	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.856	.643

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	166	13

Runs	24	2

Hits	46	2

Singles	32	2

Doubles	8	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	19	2

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	12	2

Strikeouts	32	5

Batting Average	.276	.183

On Base Pct	.332	.268

Slugging Pct	.423	.302

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	.569

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
News
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Giants with an inside-the-park solo home run, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd
	Jake McCarthy went 4-for-5 in a 15-3 win over the Giants with two home runs, two runs scored, six RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Jake McCarthy went 2-for-4 in Thursday's 14-4 win over the Marlins with a home run, three runs scored, four RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd	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
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL			Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#258	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#354	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#429	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#275	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ STL
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD			vs CLE
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, May 5th				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Will Benson (2026)

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