Who Should I Trade?

Trei Cruz for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 343	‐
VBR	# 1304	# 1365

Projections

Runs	1	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	1	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.192	.160

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 290	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 431	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	96	5

Runs	11	0

Hits	18	0

Singles	11	0

Doubles	3	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	6	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	0

Strikeouts	38	3

Batting Average	.188	.000

On Base Pct	.310	.000

Slugging Pct	.333	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.643	.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	8	9

Runs	1	1

Hits	2	1

Singles	1	1

Doubles	0	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	1	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	2	3

Batting Average	.192	.160

On Base Pct	.280	.255

Slugging Pct	.296	.209

On-base Plus Slugging	.576	.464

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
News
	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	The Tigers optioned Trei Cruz to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Tigers are calling up Trei Cruz. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd	Cruz slashed .270/.341/.324 with two stolen bases during Grapefruit League action but has yet to make his major-league debut. The Tigers optioned him to Triple-A Toledo Tuesday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN			Trei Cruz SS,LF,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#231
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, May 22nd				@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#184
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#383
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Trei Cruz for Will Benson (2026)

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