Who Should I Trade?

Walker Jenkins for Will Benson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 343	‐
VBR	# 1388	# 1327

Projections

Runs	2	2
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	2	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.174	.232

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	Walker Jenkins CF - MIN
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	Walker Jenkins CF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	13	14

Runs	2	2

Hits	2	3

Singles	2	2

Doubles	0	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	2	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	5	3

Batting Average	.174	.232

On Base Pct	.254	.298

Slugging Pct	.285	.317

On-base Plus Slugging	.539	.616

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Benson LF,CF,RF - CIN	Walker Jenkins CF - MIN
News
	Will Benson has cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Louisville. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	Walker Jenkins is back in the Triple-A St. Paul lineup on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Reds have designated outfielder Will Benson for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Walker Jenkins is continuing his rehab assignment with Single-A Cedar Rapids. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Will Benson was optioned to Triple-A after Monday's loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd	Twins OF prospect Walker Jenkins has begun hitting off a machine. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	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	Twins prospect Walker Jenkins has a Grade 2 AC joint sprain in his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	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	Twins prospect Walker Jenkins was forced to leave Triple-A St. Paul’s game on Sunday with a shoulder injury. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
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			Walker Jenkins CF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Fri, May 22nd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Sun, May 24th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Walker Jenkins for Will Benson (2026)

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