Who Should I Trade?

Lawrence Butler for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	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	# 151	# 343
VBR	# 173	# 1352

Projections

Runs	25	2
Home Runs	7	0
RBI	23	2
Stolen Bases	6	0
Batting Average	.235	.177

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 174	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 153	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 167	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 132	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 140	# 291

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 387	# 431

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	252	96

Runs	33	11

Hits	51	18

Singles	37	11

Doubles	9	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	23	6

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	34	16

Strikeouts	77	38

Batting Average	.202	.188

On Base Pct	.300	.310

Slugging Pct	.298	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.597	.643

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	178	12

Runs	25	2

Hits	42	2

Singles	26	2

Doubles	9	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	23	2

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	19	1

Strikeouts	52	4

Batting Average	.235	.177

On Base Pct	.308	.262

Slugging Pct	.404	.285

On-base Plus Slugging	.713	.546

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
News
	Lawrence Butler went 2-for-5 in a win over the Giants with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Fri, Jun 26th	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Lawrence Butler went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run, one walk, one stolen base, and four runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 23-9 loss to the Rockies with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	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
	Lawrence Butler went 1-for-4 in a win over the Royals with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lawrence Butler CF,RF - ATH			Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#186	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake	#278	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Lawrence Butler for Will Benson (2026)

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