Who Should I Trade?

Lars Nootbaar for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	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	# 165	# 343
VBR	# 234	# 1352

Projections

Runs	24	2
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	22	2
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.248	.177

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 165	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 147	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 175	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 207	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	# 291

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 212	# 431

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	117	96

Runs	18	11

Hits	30	18

Singles	20	11

Doubles	6	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	12	6

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	20	16

Strikeouts	30	38

Batting Average	.256	.188

On Base Pct	.362	.310

Slugging Pct	.402	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.764	.643

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	168	12

Runs	24	2

Hits	42	2

Singles	27	2

Doubles	8	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	22	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	25	1

Strikeouts	40	4

Batting Average	.248	.177

On Base Pct	.349	.262

Slugging Pct	.412	.285

On-base Plus Slugging	.760	.546

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
News
	Lars Nootbaar went 1-for-2 in a win over the Braves with a home run, a walk, two runs scored, three RBI, and one stolen base. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Lars Nootbaar went 1-for-1 in a 6-5 win over the Reds with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 7th	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Cardinals activated OF Lars Nootbaar from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	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
	Lars Lars Nootbaar cleared all tests after playing in rehab games on Tuesday and Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	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
	Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF - STL			Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, May 5th				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, May 18th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, Jun 20th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Lars Nootbaar for Will Benson (2026)

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