Who Should I Trade?

Mike Yastrzemski for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 301	# 343
VBR	# 404	# 1317

Projections

Runs	20	2
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	18	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.235	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 246	# 291

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 308	# 431

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mike Yastrzemski LF,CF,RF - ATL	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	241	96

Runs	34	11

Hits	56	18

Singles	38	11

Doubles	11	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	6	3

RBI	28	6

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	27	16

Strikeouts	66	38

Batting Average	.232	.188

On Base Pct	.319	.310

Slugging Pct	.361	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.680	.643

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mike Yastrzemski LF,CF,RF - ATL	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	136	9

Runs	20	2

Hits	32	2

Singles	19	1

Doubles	7	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	18	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	17	1

Strikeouts	37	3

Batting Average	.235	.214

On Base Pct	.325	.308

Slugging Pct	.418	.351

On-base Plus Slugging	.743	.659

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mike Yastrzemski LF,CF,RF - ATL	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
News
	The Braves activated Mike Yastrzemski from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Mike Yastrzemski (elbow) could return from the IL as soon as Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	The Atlanta Braves placed Mike Yastrzemski on the 10-day injured list Saturday due to left elbow inflammation. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd
	Mike Yastrzemski went 1-for-3 with a grand slam, two walks, and two runs scored in Thursday's 10-5 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Mike Yastrzemski went 2-for-2 with a two-run homer, a walk, and two runs scored in Saturday's 14-3 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Mike Yastrzemski LF,CF,RF - ATL			Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Mike Yastrzemski for Will Benson (2026)

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