Who Should I Trade?

Robert Hassell III for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 343	‐
VBR	# 1348	# 1346

Projections

Runs	2	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	2	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.178	.203

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 291	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 431	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Robert Hassell III CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	96	‐

Runs	11	‐

Hits	18	‐

Singles	11	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	6	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	16	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Batting Average	.188	‐

On Base Pct	.310	‐

Slugging Pct	.333	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.643	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Robert Hassell III CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	12	10

Runs	2	1

Hits	2	2

Singles	2	2

Doubles	0	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	2	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	4	3

Batting Average	.178	.203

On Base Pct	.264	.252

Slugging Pct	.287	.303

On-base Plus Slugging	.551	.555

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Robert Hassell III CF,RF - PIT
News
	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired Robert Hassell III from the Washington Nationals for cash considerations or a player to be named later. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 16th
	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Nationals designated Robert Hassell III for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd	Hassell was projected to open the season as Washington's No. 4 outfielder but hit .223/.257/.315 across 70 games in his rookie campaign last season. He also posted an .839 OPS at Triple-A Rochester in 2025. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 19th
	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
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN			Robert Hassell III CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sun, May 24th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ DET
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Robert Hassell III for Will Benson (2026)

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