Will Benson
RF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 4" 230LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 1, #14, Cleveland Indians | Westminster (GA) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 329 287 51 79 11 19 .275 .365 .498 .863
2024 388 343 41 64 14 16 .187 .274 .376 .650
2025 97 86 14 21 6 1 .244 .309 .500 .809
4 Seasons 875 771 114 174 31 36 .226 .310 .423 .733
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .275 11 19 .863
2024 .187 14 16 .650
2025 .244 6 1 .809
4 Seasons .226 31 36 .733
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Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2022 24 229 37 0 0.0 0.0 84.2 107.6 10.4 18.9 .181 .228 .212 .224 .276 27.0 31.1 4.9
2023 25 1368 185 19 10.3 5.8 90.2 108.1 14.6 40.5 .230 .398 .369 .321 .417 42.2 31.3 12.2
2024 26 1656 192 22 11.5 5.7 89.4 110.7 18.2 36.5 .180 .333 .285 .268 .392 40.1 39.7 10.3
2025 27 359 62 10 16.1 10.3 92.3 109.2 12.6 41.9 .292 .552 .346 .395 .516 54.8 26.8 8.2
Player 3612 476 51 10.7 5.8 89.7 110.7 15.4 37.4 .211 .374 .319 .299 .409 41.8 34.5 10.4
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.7 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2022 48.6 51.4 18.9 18.9 13.5 40.5 40.5 18.9 18.9 24.3 5.4 21.6 16.2 13.5
2023 38.4 61.6 28.1 27.0 6.5 38.4 43.2 18.4 23.2 13.5 1.6 15.1 29.7 16.8
2024 35.9 64.1 35.4 22.9 5.7 49.5 31.3 19.3 23.4 9.4 3.1 26.0 21.9 16.1
2025 40.3 59.7 27.4 27.4 4.8 38.7 37.1 24.2 22.6 14.5 3.2 16.1 22.6 21.0
Player 38.4 61.6 30.3 24.8 6.5 43.1 37.4 19.5 22.9 12.8 2.7 20.2 24.6 16.8
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 10.8 32.4 24.3 27.0 5.4 0.0 0.0
2023 3.8 25.9 23.2 27.6 9.2 10.3 5.8
2024 4.2 25.5 30.7 23.4 4.7 11.5 5.7
2025 3.2 27.4 16.1 25.8 11.3 16.1 10.3
Player 4.4 26.5 25.4 25.6 7.4 10.7 5.8
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -2 149 41.5 47 .146 .317 .244 30.6 31.9 36.6 .240 .515 .372 66.7
2025 Slider 2.1 1 60 16.7 14 .182 .727 .436 48.1 28.6 19.0 .338 .784 .519 71.4
2025 Changeup 1.4 1 47 13.1 14 .357 .500 .371 32.0 14.3 22.2 .355 .476 .356 33.3
2025 Cutter 1.0 0 34 9.5 7 .500 .500 .386 29.4 14.3 16.7 .257 .288 .255 33.3
2025 Curveball 2.6 1 32 8.9 5 .400 1.000 .580 42.9 60.0 27.3 .368 .822 .498 50.0
2025 Sinker 3.9 1 15 4.2 5 .500 .750 .570 50.0 20.0 33.3 .393 .455 .438 33.3
2025 Sweeper 6.7 1 13 3.6 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .694 2.365 1.255 100.0
2025 Split-Finger -9.0 -1 8 2.2 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .311 .327 .280 66.7
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -3 554 33.5 144 .184 .416 .301 32.1 34.0 25.3 .175 .359 .281 42.3
2024 Sinker 2.0 4 215 13.0 59 .302 .547 .395 26.1 25.4 26.8 .271 .520 .371 34.2
2024 Slider -0.8 -1 192 11.6 35 .167 .267 .259 58.2 60.0 32.3 .095 .152 .190 33.3
2024 Curveball 0.4 1 178 10.7 31 .258 .387 .279 47.1 45.2 24.1 .212 .311 .224 47.1
2024 Changeup 0.1 0 175 10.6 34 .161 .387 .269 54.3 52.9 30.0 .165 .323 .251 53.8
2024 Cutter -3.0 -4 143 8.6 30 .043 .087 .205 29.7 30.0 23.7 .172 .277 .312 50.0
2024 Sweeper -1.3 -1 112 6.8 28 .167 .250 .229 37.0 46.4 28.9 .183 .229 .232 16.7
2024 Split-Finger -1.8 -1 74 4.5 25 .083 .333 .188 56.1 52.0 41.9 .109 .237 .169 36.4
2024 Knuckleball -6.3 0 7 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 Slurve 0.6 0 6 0.4 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 61 229 -4 -3 1 1 -5
2023 329 1,368 6 -12 13 5 11
2024 388 1,656 -3 -23 14 6 -6
2025 97 359 1 -3 2 1 2
Player 875 3,612 0 -40 30 0 2
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2022 229 52.4 60.0 79.2 23.9 38.5 41.9 31.1 42.8 30.6 8.3 84.2
2023 1,368 50.2 65.9 76.2 19.4 41.7 42.6 28.9 42.8 31.5 7.9 80.6
2024 1,656 52.0 71.2 68.4 22.0 33.7 41.9 36.6 47.6 39.0 7.2 88.3
2025 359 59.3 73.2 72.4 21.2 32.3 47.1 41.2 52.1 34.2 8.9 87.5
Player 3,612 52.1 68.8 72.2 21.0 36.8 42.7 33.8 45.9 35.3 7.7 84.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2022 35 93 46
2023 36 88 20 68 25 29 37
2024 3 1 9 47 4 37 78 56 67 49 1 76 1 89 87 33 57 55 1 5
2025 50 86 44 64
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 22.59 11 9.2 2 3 9 2 18.2
2024 24.88 14 12.8 1 5 12 4 28.6
2025 25.49 6 4.5 2 2 5 1 16.7
Player 24.18 31 26.6 4 10 26 7 22.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 11 8 6 7 9 10 10 9 6 9 9 7 10 10 10 9 11 9 10 9 10 10 12 12 8 8 10 11 10 9 9
2024 14 15 8 15 11 15 16 15 11 8 12 14 16 11 14 12 13 11 16 16 15 8 19 16 12 10 10 13 13 10 9
2025 6 6 2 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 2 5 5 7 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 4 6 5 5 3 5 4 6 4 5
Player 31 29 16 26 24 29 30 29 21 20 23 26 31 28 29 25 28 25 31 30 31 22 37 33 25 21 25 28 29 23 23
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 84.2 6.0 90.2 -0.8 89.4 2.9 92.3
Launch Angle 10.4 4.2 14.6 3.6 18.2 -5.6 12.6
Barrel % 0.0 10.3 10.3 1.2 11.5 4.6 16.1
Hard Hit % 27.0 15.2 42.2 -2.1 40.1 14.7 54.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 18.9 21.6 40.5 -4.0 36.5 5.4 41.9
xBA .181 0.049 .230 -0.050 .180 0.112 .292
BA .182 0.093 .275 -0.088 .187 0.057 .244
xwOBA .224 0.097 .321 -0.053 .268 0.127 .395
wOBA .212 0.157 .369 -0.084 .285 0.061 .346
xSLG .228 0.170 .398 -0.065 .333 0.219 .552
SLG .200 0.298 .498 -0.122 .376 0.124 .500
K% 31.1 0.2 31.3 8.4 39.7 -12.9 26.8
BB% 4.9 7.3 12.2 -1.9 10.3 -2.1 8.2
Swing % 42.8 0.0 42.8 4.8 47.6 4.5 52.1
Whiff% 30.6 0.9 31.5 7.5 39.0 -4.8 34.2
In Zone % 52.4 -2.2 50.2 1.8 52.0 7.3 59.3
Out of Zone % 47.6 2.2 49.8 -1.8 48.0 -7.3 40.7
Out of Zone Swing % 23.9 -4.5 19.4 2.6 22.0 -0.8 21.2
First Pitch Swing % 31.1 -2.2 28.9 7.7 36.6 4.6 41.2
First Pitch Strike % 65.6 -8.8 56.8 3.8 60.6 8.5 69.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 61 56 91.8 .000 .227
2023 Shades L 328 187 57.0 .379 .364
2024 Shades L 388 179 46.1 .296 .272
2025 Shades L 97 43 44.3 .329 .368
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 43 15.7 39.5% 4.7% 65 21.3 7.7% 6.2%
2023 391 15.8 37.3% 0.5% 254 19.1 6.3% 1.2%
2024 501 15.6 37.9% 0.4% 229 18.7 4.8% 0.4%
2025 59 15.7 44.1% 0.0% 58 17.3 6.9% 0.0%
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