Who Should I Trade?

Stuart Fairchild for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Stuart Fairchild LF,CF,RF - SEA	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	‐	# 343
VBR	‐	# 1388

Projections

Runs	2	2
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	1	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.211	.174

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 291

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 366	# 431

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Stuart Fairchild LF,CF,RF - SEA	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	19	96

Runs	3	11

Hits	3	18

Singles	3	11

Doubles	0	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	0	3

RBI	1	6

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	7	16

Strikeouts	14	38

Batting Average	.158	.188

On Base Pct	.407	.310

Slugging Pct	.158	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.565	.643

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Stuart Fairchild LF,CF,RF - SEA	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	10	13

Runs	2	2

Hits	2	2

Singles	2	2

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	1	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	3	5

Batting Average	.211	.174

On Base Pct	.286	.254

Slugging Pct	.263	.285

On-base Plus Slugging	.549	.539

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Stuart Fairchild LF,CF,RF - SEA	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
News
	The Mariners signed Stuart Fairchild to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	The Guardians sent OF Stuart Fairchild outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	The Guardians designated Stuart Fairchild for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd
	Stuart Fairchild went 2-for-2 in a 3-1 win over the Tigers on Saturday with one walk and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 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 Guardians selected the contract of Stuart Fairchild from Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	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
	Stuart Fairchild LF,CF,RF - SEA			Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#235	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Jul 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Stuart Fairchild for Will Benson (2026)

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