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 - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 267	# 357
VBR	# 313	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.226	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 169	# 305

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 225	# 431

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


At Bats	408	96

Runs	48	11

Hits	113	18

Singles	88	11

Doubles	15	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	10	3

RBI	41	6

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	25	16

Strikeouts	64	38

Batting Average	.277	.188

On Base Pct	.327	.310

Slugging Pct	.387	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.715	.643

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


At Bats	9	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	2	‐

Singles	2	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Batting Average	.226	‐

On Base Pct	.290	‐

Slugging Pct	.279	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.569	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - FA
News
	Nathan Lukes went 1-for-4 in Friday's 8-1 win over the Mariners with one walk, one home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th	Will Benson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, Oct 5th
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR			Will Benson LF,CF,RF - FA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-12)	#187
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-3)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#161
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#261
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (2-4)	#101
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (6-2)	#100
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#92
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#60
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (2-2)	#37
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH	Brady Basso (1-4)	#194
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (2-3)	#249
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-5)	#241

Who Should I Trade?

Nathan Lukes for Will Benson (2026)

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