Will Benson — OGILVIE

Will BensonLF Cincinnati Reds

Age 28 L/L 6'4" / 230 lbs MLB HR +9%K -4% Svc 3.017 · Ctrl thru 2028 peak 0.2 · 2027

wRC+†vL 5391vR 84

AVG/OBP/SLG.212 / .290 / .403

PA373

HR15

SB13

K%33

BB%9

MLB%100%

Scouting · now → future

HIT

35→35

PWR

60→60

SPD

60→60

EYE

51↗55

trajectory · 10 yrs

0.6peak

2026

Contract

ESTIMATED · service-time + WAR-based estimator (needs verification)

Status Arb-1

MLB Debut 2022

Service 3.017 yrs.days

Team Control Through 2028

First FA Year 2027

Year	Status	Salary	Proj WAR	Value	Surplus
2026	Arb-1	$2M	+0.1	$0.4M	+$0.0M (cut)
2027	Arb-2	$0.7M	+0.2	$0.8M	+$0.1M
2028	Arb-3	$0.7M	—	—	—
Totals		$1M		$1M	+$0.1M

Career Projections (MLE)

All seasons translated to park-neutral MLB-equivalent (MLE) and combined per year. 2026 = actual YTD + projected ROS + total. 2027+ via Advanced Marcel + aging curve.

Year	Age	Lvl	Team	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	K%	BB%	wOBA	wRC+	BAT	RUN	FLD	POS	REP	WAR
2016	18	ROK	AZL Indians	184	166	21	6	2	4	14	86	4	10	2	.127	.212	.259	.471	.133	.224	47	8	.205	15	-18	+1	+0	-2	+5	-1.3
2018	20	A	Lake County Captains	506	441	60	8	1	15	57	196	7	12	6	.136	.246	.261	.506	.125	.195	39	11	.230	34	-38	+0	+0	-5	+14	-2.9
2019	21	A	2 teams	514	457	80	15	4	18	45	198	2	27	4	.175	.252	.344	.596	.168	.247	39	9	.262	59	-24	+4	+0	-6	+15	-1.1
2021	23	AA	2 teams	439	380	60	13	5	16	51	187	5	14	5	.158	.266	.345	.611	.187	.246	43	12	.269	64	-18	+1	+0	-5	+12	-1.0
2022	24	AAA	2 teams	462	393	94	18	3	15	56	125	9	16	4	.239	.347	.415	.762	.176	.311	27	12	.335	114	+7	+2	-1	+2	+13	2.3
2023	25	MLB	2 teams	462	394	94	20	9	12	62	145	3	30	4	.239	.346	.426	.773	.188	.342	31	13	.339	118	+9	+4	-4	-5	+13	1.8
2024	26	MLB	Cincinnati Reds	388	343	63	19	3	12	40	154	2	16	7	.184	.273	.362	.634	.178	.285	40	10	.277	70	-13	+0	-4	-4	+11	-1.0
2025	27	MLB	2 teams	431	392	87	12	3	17	30	127	2	8	2	.222	.281	.398	.679	.176	.275	29	7	.295	84	-8	+1	-2	-5	+12	-0.1
▸ 2026 Season (actual · ROS · total)
2026	28	MLB	Cincinnati Reds	42	34	6	1	1	0	8	10	0	1	1	.176	.333	.265	.598	.088	.250	24	19	.268	64	-2	-0	-0	-0	+1	-0.1
ROS	28	MLB	CIN	331	292	61	11	3	12	34	105	2	12	3	.209	.296	.390	.686	.182	.280	32	10	.308	94	-2	+1	-2	-4	+9	0.3
TOT	28	MLB	CIN	373	326	67	12	4	12	42	115	2	13	4	.206	.300	.377	.677	.172	.274	31	11	.304	91	-4	+1	-2	-4	+11	0.1
▸ 2027+ Projections — Projections at projected PA · Park-neutral MLB equivalent · Marcel + aging curve
2027	29	MLB	CIN	426	377	78	14	4	15	44	127	2	14	3	.207	.293	.385	.678	.178	.268	30	10	.306	92	-4	+2	-4	-5	+12	0.1
2028	30	MLB	CIN	418	370	77	14	4	15	43	126	2	13	3	.208	.294	.389	.683	.181	.266	30	10	.303	90	-5	+1	-5	-4	+12	-0.1
2029	31	MLB	CIN	403	356	73	13	4	14	42	123	2	11	2	.205	.292	.382	.675	.177	.265	31	10	.299	87	-6	+1	-5	-4	+11	-0.3
2030	32	MLB	CIN	384	339	69	12	4	13	40	120	2	8	2	.204	.291	.378	.669	.174	.263	31	10	.294	83	-7	+1	-6	-4	+11	-0.6
2031	33	MLB	CIN	354	314	62	11	3	12	36	113	1	6	1	.197	.282	.366	.648	.169	.261	32	10	.289	79	-8	+1	-7	-4	+10	-0.8
2032	34	MLB	CIN	310	274	53	9	3	10	32	101	1	5	0	.193	.280	.358	.638	.164	.259	33	10	.282	74	-9	+1	-7	-3	+9	-1.0
▸ Career Totals (MLE all levels + projections)
Career	—			6012	5288	1032	195	55	200	626	2033	46	202	48	.195	.286	.366	.652	.171	.269	34	10	.289	79	-142	+21	-47	-58	+170	-5.7
/ 162G	—			650	572	112	21	6	22	68	220	5	22	5	.196	.287	.369	.656	.173	.269	34	10	.289	79	-15	+2	-5	-6	+18	-0.6

Historical Stats — Raw (Per Stint)

Actual MLB + MiLB stats as they happened, one row per stint at each level. Use this to see what really got recorded; the table above shows MLB-equivalent translations + projections.

Year	Age	Lvl	Team	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	K%	BB%	wOBA	wRC+	BAT	RUN	FLD	POS	REP	WAR
2016	18	ROK	AZL Indians	184	158	33	10	3	6	22	60	4	10	2	.209	.321	.424	.745	.215	.293	33	12	.332	112	+3	+1	—	—	+5	0.9
2018	20	A	Lake County Captains	506	416	75	11	1	22	82	152	7	12	6	.180	.325	.370	.695	.190	.218	30	16	.318	102	+1	+0	—	—	+14	1.6
2019	21	A+	Lynchburg Hillcats	255	217	41	9	2	4	31	73	2	9	2	.189	.296	.304	.600	.115	.255	29	12	.273	67	-9	+1	—	—	+7	-0.1
2019	21	A	Lake County Captains	259	217	59	12	3	18	37	78	0	18	2	.272	.378	.604	.982	.332	.325	30	14	.413	174	+22	+3	—	—	+7	3.3
2021	23	AAA	Columbus Clippers	107	93	15	5	1	3	14	42	0	0	2	.161	.271	.333	.604	.172	.250	39	13	.275	69	-4	-1	—	—	+3	-0.2
2021	23	AA	Akron RubberDucks	332	262	58	13	5	14	60	104	5	14	3	.221	.374	.469	.843	.248	.301	31	18	.370	142	+16	+2	—	—	+9	2.7
2022	24	MLB	Cleveland Guardians	61	55	10	1	0	0	3	19	2	0	0	.182	.250	.200	.450	.018	.278	31	5	.213	21	-5	+0	-1	+2	+2	-0.3
2022	24	AAA	Columbus Clippers	401	316	88	20	3	17	75	91	7	16	4	.278	.427	.522	.949	.244	.340	23	19	.416	176	+35	+2	—	—	+11	4.9
2023	25	MLB	Cincinnati Reds	329	287	79	15	8	11	40	103	1	19	3	.275	.366	.498	.864	.223	.391	31	12	.378	148	+18	+3	-4	-5	+9	2.1
2023	25	AAA	Louisville Bats	133	97	20	6	2	3	32	35	2	11	1	.206	.412	.402	.814	.196	.279	26	24	.369	141	+6	+2	—	—	+4	1.2
2024	26	MLB	Cincinnati Reds	388	343	64	19	2	14	40	154	2	16	7	.187	.275	.376	.651	.190	.282	40	10	.290	80	-9	+0	-4	-4	+11	-0.6
2025	27	MLB	Cincinnati Reds	253	230	52	8	2	12	16	67	1	2	2	.226	.279	.435	.714	.209	.255	26	6	.306	93	-2	-0	-2	-5	+7	-0.2
2025	27	AAA	Louisville Bats	178	153	42	5	1	7	22	49	1	6	0	.275	.367	.458	.825	.183	.357	28	12	.365	137	+8	+1	—	—	+5	1.4
▸ Career Totals (raw MLB only — historical actual)
MLB Career	—			1031	915	205	43	12	37	99	343	6	37	12	.224	.304	.419	.723	.195	.309	33	10	.317	101	+1	+3	-10	-12	+29	1.1

Career Path Comps

What happened to players with a similar stat profile at this age · Y-axis: wRC+ (100 = league avg, 150 = elite, 80 = below) · Bands: P10–P90 outer, P25–P75 inner · Gold: OGILVIE projection

		Scouting				At Match Age									Next 3 Yrs									Peak 3 Yrs
Comp	Age	HIT	PWR	SPD	EYE	AVG/OBP/SLG	ISO	BABIP	HR	SB	K%	BB%	wRC+	WAR	AVG/OBP/SLG	ISO	BABIP	HR	SB	K%	BB%	wRC+	WAR	AVG/OBP/SLG	ISO	BABIP	HR	SB	K%	BB%	wRC+	WAR
Will Benson (OGILVIE)	28	35	60	60	55	.210/.295/.394	.184	.269	14	13	30%	10%	94	+0.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
✕Brian O'Grady 2021 · MLB	29	43→39	57→60	52→50	41	.228/.284/.424	.197	.295	25	16	32%	6%	97	+1.5	.209/.277/.371	.162	.292	18	14	33%	8%	79	+0.3	.183/.260/.343	.160	.253	17	13	34%	8%	63	-0.5
✕Sam Hilliard 2022 · MLB	28	34→44	56→55	55	41	.193/.259/.383	.190	.265	25	15	37%	8%	76	+0.0	.209/.283/.382	.173	.289	22	15	34%	9%	85	+0.7	.203/.279/.381	.178	.280	21	18	34%	9%	80	+0.2
✕Jake Fraley 2022 · MLB	27	46	53→55	53→55	51	.234/.321/.411	.177	.299	21	21	28%	10%	108	+2.3	.248/.334/.408	.160	.301	20	21	23%	11%	113	+2.6	.257/.332/.404	.146	.303	17	26	20%	9%	104	+1.2
✕Weston Wilson 2022 · AAA	27	40→43	55	51→55	45	.219/.283/.402	.182	.267	25	13	28%	8%	90	+1.0	.216/.279/.378	.162	.291	21	21	32%	8%	82	+0.5	.215/.294/.402	.188	.269	26	25	30%	10%	92	+0.8
✕Sean Bouchard 2023 · MLB	27	44	54→55	52→50	48	.228/.308/.419	.191	.299	21	13	30%	10%	105	+2.1	.219/.307/.387	.168	.303	19	15	32%	10%	96	+1.5	.188/.286/.329	.140	.277	15	16	35%	11%	69	-0.2
✕Derek Fisher 2021 · MLB	27	43→51	53→55	52→55	47	.219/.303/.390	.171	.312	21	15	35%	10%	95	+1.4	.208/.277/.346	.138	.302	15	8	34%	8%	72	-0.2	.124/.199/.239	.115	.190	14	0	42%	8%	10	-0.8
✕Michael Helman 2023 · AAA	27	41	51→55	57→55	46	.215/.276/.371	.155	.258	19	25	25%	7%	79	+0.3	.221/.279/.380	.159	.267	19	22	24%	6%	82	+0.5	.213/.271/.381	.168	.251	20	20	24%	6%	76	+0.0
✕Justin Maxwell 2012 · MLB	28	44→45	51→60	56→60	45	.219/.299/.380	.161	.322	19	28	36%	10%	91	+1.1	.223/.295/.404	.181	.317	22	16	34%	8%	95	+1.4	.213/.284/.379	.166	.309	19	12	35%	8%	80	+0.2
✕J.J. Matijevic 2023 · MLB	27	42→41	56→55	52→50	41	.221/.283/.410	.189	.306	24	12	35%	8%	92	+1.2	.215/.277/.376	.161	.297	18	11	32%	7%	81	+0.4	.197/.263/.349	.152	.270	15	8	32%	8%	64	-0.6
✕Stone Garrett 2023 · MLB	27	39→37	56→60	53→50	35	.216/.255/.404	.187	.281	25	17	33%	4%	79	+0.3	.222/.283/.373	.151	.316	18	11	33%	7%	82	+0.5	.225/.303/.344	.119	.336	12	5	34%	9%	81	+0.2
✕Mark Contreras 2023 · MLB	28	38	50	54→55	37	.200/.260/.357	.156	.285	19	20	36%	6%	69	-0.4	.205/.268/.324	.119	.296	13	26	33%	6%	63	-0.8	.197/.266/.291	.094	.288	10	32	33%	7%	50	-1.1
✕Dylan Moore 2022 · MLB	29	40→48	53→50	54→65	49	.213/.304/.387	.174	.271	21	28	29%	10%	95	+1.4	.217/.326/.388	.171	.291	18	33	30%	11%	105	+2.1	.207/.329/.377	.170	.285	16	41	30%	12%	100	+0.9
✕Dewayne Wise 2005 · MLB	27	44→40	52→60	58→55	47	.226/.274/.402	.176	.240	19	17	16%	6%	85	+0.7	.221/.261/.361	.140	.263	14	19	21%	4%	69	-0.4	.245/.288/.431	.186	.290	18	24	22%	4%	97	+0.7
✕Kirk Nieuwenhuis 2016 · MLB	28	43→50	53→55	49→50	43	.221/.285/.400	.179	.292	19	10	31%	8%	90	+1.0	.210/.298/.362	.152	.310	16	11	34%	11%	86	+0.8	.189/.289/.313	.124	.295	12	10	36%	12%	68	-0.3
✕Mike Wilson 2011 · AAA	28	40→50	56→60	50	45	.217/.293/.402	.186	.279	25	12	32%	8%	95	+1.4	.230/.299/.389	.159	.307	19	8	30%	8%	93	+1.3	.229/.297/.377	.148	.312	17	4	31%	8%	86	+0.4
●Corey Brown 2014 · MLB	28	43→49	54→60	49→50	40	.224/.280/.402	.178	.308	22	13	34%	7%	89	+0.9	.205/.252/.369	.164	.292	21	13	36%	6%	69	-0.4	.208/.265/.393	.186	.292	24	17	37%	7%	78	+0.2
✕Skye Bolt 2023 · MLB	29	46→39	51→50	54→50	44	.237/.298/.392	.155	.299	19	14	27%	7%	94	+1.3	.230/.298/.349	.119	.317	12	10	29%	8%	82	+0.5	.222/.299/.313	.091	.321	7	5	30%	9%	72	-0.1
●Ryan Noda 2023 · AAA	27	40→49	55	50	46	.209/.304/.392	.183	.294	25	12	36%	10%	97	+1.5	.202/.323/.370	.168	.300	20	8	36%	13%	100	+1.7	.182/.324/.341	.159	.276	19	6	37%	15%	91	+0.9
✕Gregory Polanco 2021 · MLB	29	42→52	56→60	52→55	49	.227/.302/.426	.199	.278	24	12	28%	10%	104	+2.0	.224/.293/.395	.171	.282	22	18	28%	8%	92	+1.2	.221/.294/.389	.168	.270	22	23	26%	9%	84	+0.5
✕Luke Allen 2006 · AAA	27	44→43	52→50	53→45	46	.231/.282/.393	.163	.266	20	13	22%	7%	87	+0.8	.238/.285/.368	.130	.284	14	7	21%	6%	81	+0.4	.246/.293/.355	.109	.292	11	2	19%	6%	79	+0.2

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Historical Stats — Raw (Per Stint)

Career Path Comps

Career Projections (MLE)