Who Should I Trade?

Parker Meadows for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Parker Meadows CF - DET	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 357	# 342
VBR	# 1173	# 1389

Projections

Runs	9	2
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	8	2
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.225	.174

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 349	# 290

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 320	# 431

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Parker Meadows CF - DET	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	36	96

Runs	3	11

Hits	9	18

Singles	7	11

Doubles	1	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	0	3

RBI	2	6

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	2	16

Strikeouts	10	38

Batting Average	.250	.188

On Base Pct	.308	.310

Slugging Pct	.333	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.641	.643

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Parker Meadows CF - DET	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	69	13

Runs	9	2

Hits	16	2

Singles	10	2

Doubles	3	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	8	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	1

Strikeouts	19	5

Batting Average	.225	.174

On Base Pct	.298	.254

Slugging Pct	.370	.285

On-base Plus Slugging	.668	.539

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Parker Meadows CF - DET	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
News
	Parker Meadows is continuing to complete rehab daily. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Parker Meadows underwent surgery on Monday to repair a radial fracture in left forearm. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	The Tigers transferred OF Parker Meadows to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Tigers placed OF Parker Meadows on the 10-day injured list with a left radius fracture and a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th	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
	Parker Meadows left Thursday's game early on a cart following a collision with Riley Greene in the outfield. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 9th	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
	Parker Meadows CF - DET			Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CLE
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 14th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Parker Meadows for Will Benson (2026)

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