Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Kreidler for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN	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	# 309	# 342
VBR	# 884	# 1383

Projections

Runs	16	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	14	2
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.213	.183

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 395	# 290

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	# 431

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	131	96

Runs	21	11

Hits	33	18

Singles	22	11

Doubles	4	3

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	24	6

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	12	16

Strikeouts	28	38

Batting Average	.252	.188

On Base Pct	.319	.310

Slugging Pct	.428	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.747	.643

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	124	13

Runs	16	2

Hits	26	2

Singles	17	2

Doubles	5	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	14	2

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	2

Strikeouts	41	5

Batting Average	.213	.183

On Base Pct	.293	.268

Slugging Pct	.351	.302

On-base Plus Slugging	.644	.569

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
News
	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-3 in a 3-2 win over the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Ryan Kreidler went 3-for-4 in a 16-8 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday with a triple, two runs scored, four RBI, and a walk. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 21st	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-2 in a 9-3 win over the Rangers on Thursday with a home run, a run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Jun 19th	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd
	Ryan Kreidler was recalled from Triple-A St. Paul on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 14th	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
	The Twins optioned Ryan Kreidler to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	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
	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN			Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#248	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ STL
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Tue, Mar 31st				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jun 17th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Kreidler for Will Benson (2026)

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