Who Should I Trade?

Wade Meckler for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA	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	‐	# 342
VBR	# 1156	# 1389

Projections

Runs	10	2
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	9	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.247	.174

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 290

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 214	# 431

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	128	96

Runs	19	11

Hits	39	18

Singles	29	11

Doubles	8	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	17	6

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	14	16

Strikeouts	32	38

Batting Average	.305	.188

On Base Pct	.373	.310

Slugging Pct	.414	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.643

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	83	13

Runs	10	2

Hits	21	2

Singles	16	2

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	9	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	1

Strikeouts	21	5

Batting Average	.247	.174

On Base Pct	.326	.254

Slugging Pct	.329	.285

On-base Plus Slugging	.655	.539

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
News
	Wade Meckler went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Twins with a double and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Wade Meckler left Sunday’s game against the Rays with a head injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Wade Meckler went 4-for-5 with a pair of runs scored on Wednesday during the Angels' 10-4 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Thu, Jun 4th	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd
	Wade Meckler went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run in his season debut on Friday, helping the Angels to a 9-6 victory over the Rangers. David Leisering Sat, May 23rd	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 Angels selected the contract of Wade Meckler. Ari Koslow Fri, May 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
	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA			Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#238	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#319
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#290	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#217	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#231
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#276
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#306	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#305
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#289
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Wade Meckler for Will Benson (2026)

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