Who Should I Trade?

Michael Conforto for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 287	# 342
VBR	# 1115	# 1389

Projections

Runs	14	2
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	14	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.226	.174

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 247	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 269	# 431

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 367	# 290

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	144	96

Runs	20	11

Hits	35	18

Singles	17	11

Doubles	10	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	8	3

RBI	22	6

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	19	16

Strikeouts	48	38

Batting Average	.243	.188

On Base Pct	.329	.310

Slugging Pct	.479	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.643

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	104	13

Runs	14	2

Hits	24	2

Singles	14	2

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	14	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	1

Strikeouts	31	5

Batting Average	.226	.174

On Base Pct	.317	.254

Slugging Pct	.392	.285

On-base Plus Slugging	.709	.539

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
News
	Michael Conforto went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 9-7 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Michael Conforto went 3-for-4 with two home runs, two walks, four runs scored and four RBI in Wednesday's 23-3 win over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 2nd	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Michael Conforto went 1-for-1 with a solo home run in Saturday's 8-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. 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
	Michael Conforto hit a game-tying three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning as part of a two-hit day on Sunday. The White Sox, however, won the game, 9-8, in 10 innings. David Leisering Sun, May 17th	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
	Michael Conforto had three hits and a walk in four plate appearances on Thursday, lifting the Cubs to an 8-3 victory over the Reds. David Leisering Fri, May 8th	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
	Michael Conforto LF,RF,DH - CHC			Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Apr 4th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Conforto for Will Benson (2026)

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