Who Should I Trade?

Jarred Kelenic for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Jarred Kelenic LF,CF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 344	‐
VBR	# 1300	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.204	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 290	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 431	# 453

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Jarred Kelenic LF,CF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	96	61

Runs	11	5

Hits	18	13

Singles	11	10

Doubles	3	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	6	4

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	16	8

Strikeouts	38	25

Batting Average	.188	.213

On Base Pct	.310	.304

Slugging Pct	.333	.295

On-base Plus Slugging	.643	.599

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Jarred Kelenic LF,CF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	8	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	2	‐

Singles	1	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Batting Average	.204	‐

On Base Pct	.276	‐

Slugging Pct	.313	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.588	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Jarred Kelenic LF,CF,RF - TEX
News
	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	The Rangers re-signed OF Jarred Kelenic to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Rangers released OF Jarred Kelenic. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd	The Rangers signed Jarred Kelenic to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow 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	Jarred Kelenic has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 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	Jarred Kelenic was designated for assignment by the Rangers on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
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			Jarred Kelenic LF,CF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, May 22nd				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, May 24th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Jarred Kelenic for Will Benson (2026)

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