Will Benson

Bats L Throws L6'5" 230 lbBorn 1998 Atlanta, USADebut 2022Team CINDraft 2016 R1 #14 Cleveland Guardians, Westminster (GA) HS

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 84.6FIELD+ 101.6 at RFTotal 0.20 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	212	186	42	9	1	8	23	63	6	0.224	0.312	0.413	0.725	0.189	0.317	29.9	10.8	97.5	0.60
2027	166	145	31	6	1	5	18	50	4	0.214	0.304	0.383	0.687	0.169	0.303	30.1	10.7	87.7	0.27

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 27

His ten closest age-27 comparables averaged 98 HIT+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Larry Bigbie	2005	92.9	61.7	28
2	Len Gabrielson	1967	86.2	142.2	343
3	Jimmy Wasdell	1941	87.0	90.9	463
4	Pavin Smith	2023	92.8	142.5	158
5	Danny Heep	1985	95.8	124.1	227
6	Brett Phillips	2021	84.8	35.9	225
7	Alex Sanchez	2004	86.5	108.6	192
8	Tony Kemp	2019	87.6	99.5	114
9	Domonic Brown	2015	92.3	did not play
10	Pat Sheridan	1985	94.4	76.0	262

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			166		31	6	1	5		4	18	50	0.214	0.304	0.383	0.687	87.7
2026*	CIN	51	114	11	18	3	1	3		1	16	38	0.188	0.310	0.333	0.643	73.8
2025	CIN	90	253	31	52	8	2	12	41	2	16	67	0.226	0.273	0.435	0.708	80.7
2024	CIN	128	388	41	64	19	2	14	43	16	40	154	0.187	0.274	0.376	0.650	73.5
2023	CIN	108	329	51	79	15	8	11	31	19	40	103	0.275	0.365	0.498	0.863	130.2
2022	CLE	28	61	8	10	1	0	0	3	0	3	19	0.182	0.250	0.200	0.450	34.0
Career		354	1031	131	205	43	12	37	118	37	99	343	0.224	0.301	0.419	0.720	91.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	114	91.1	24.9	12.7	37.9	36.1	22.1	0.189	0.355	0.300	28.8
2025	253	92.4	16.1	15.4	53.8	34.4	27.5	0.257	0.496	0.342	29.3
2024	388	89.4	18.2	11.5	40.1	39.0	22.1	0.179	0.343	0.272	28.8
2023	329	90.2	14.6	10.3	42.2	31.5	19.3	0.226	0.401	0.321	28.8
2022	61	84.2	10.4	0.0	27.0	30.6	23.9	0.184	0.237	0.229	29.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	CIN	OF	85	573	155	3	2	1	0.988
2024	CIN	OF	143	884	226	5	2	0	0.991
2023	CIN	OF	104	742	197	6	0	1	1.000
2022	CLE	OF	20	124	29	0	1	0	0.967

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	155	2 HR, 8 SB	0.199	0.577
2025	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	178	7 HR, 6 SB	0.275	0.825
2023	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	133	3 HR, 11 SB	0.206	0.808
2022	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	401	17 HR, 16 SB	0.278	0.948
2021	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	107	3 HR, 0 SB	0.161	0.604
2021	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Bat	332	14 HR, 14 SB	0.221	0.843
2019	A+	Lynchburg Hillcats	Bat	255	4 HR, 9 SB	0.189	0.594
2019	A	Lake County Captains	Bat	259	18 HR, 18 SB	0.272	0.975
2018	A	Lake County Captains	Bat	506	22 HR, 12 SB	0.180	0.694
2016	Rk	AZL Indians	Bat	184	6 HR, 10 SB	0.209	0.745

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.000	0.304	0.322	0.283
2025	0.324	0.310	0.353	0.251
2024	0.246	0.294	0.294	0.277
2023	0.186	0.408	0.366	0.389
2022	0.267	0.225	0.225	0.239

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	BB	SO	OBP	OPS
2025	1	1	1	1	0.500	0.500
2022	1	1	0	0	0.000	0.000
Career	2	2	1	1	0.333	0.333