Who Should I Trade?

Nathan Lukes for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	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	# 270	# 343
VBR	# 312	# 1299

Projections

Runs	18	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	16	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.262	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 195	# 290

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 225	# 431

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	231	96

Runs	26	11

Hits	65	18

Singles	49	11

Doubles	11	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	18	6

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	14	16

Strikeouts	38	38

Batting Average	.281	.188

On Base Pct	.335	.310

Slugging Pct	.394	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.643

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	144	8

Runs	18	1

Hits	38	2

Singles	27	1

Doubles	7	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	16	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	1

Strikeouts	26	3

Batting Average	.262	.228

On Base Pct	.319	.325

Slugging Pct	.384	.369

On-base Plus Slugging	.704	.695

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
News
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in a 3-2 loss to the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a 3-1 loss to the Astros on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-5 with a double, a run, and an RBI in an 8-3 loss to the Yankees on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 15th	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Nathan Lukes is available off the bench on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	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
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-4 in an 8-2 loss to the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th	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
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR			Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#259
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#149	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Sun, Jun 21st				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Nathan Lukes for Will Benson (2026)

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