Carson Benge
- The Mets’ roster as it stands starts at RF · 518 PA · 3.3 WAR in the role
- Trade read Unlikely to be traded: Young, controllable regular (age 24, control through 2031): the kind of player clubs build around.
Hitting · 2026 percentiles
vs. MLB hitters with 300+ PA · 653 PA
Platoon splits · swing path
By pitcher handedness
| vs | PA | wOBA | xwOBA | K% | BB% | Chase | Decisions | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LHP | 190 | .346 | .351 | 26% | 8% | 25% | +0.78 | +2.60 |
| RHP | 463 | .356 | .339 | 20% | 7% | 29% | −0.36 | +0.94 |
- Attack angle
- 6.7° (42% in 5–20°)
- Attack direction
- +2.4°
- Swing length
- 6.6 ft
- Fast-swing rate
- 16%
- Pull-air %
- 13.9%
- Hard-hit %
- 39.1%
- Slash · wRC+
- .282/.346/.430 · 118
Zone map · 2026
Where he does damage, and where to pitch him
Does the most damage middle-middle (+3.7 vs. league per 100; 2.1 standard errors on 185 pitches, inside the noise for the best of nine cells).
Weakest middle-in (−2.5), but only 1.3 standard errors from average on 131 pitches: no in-zone spot to attack yet.
Runs per 100 pitches vs. an average LHB: better · worse. Catcher’s view · 2,483 pitches · faded cells are within one standard error of average. A spot is called only when it is farther from average than the best or worst of nine average cells gets 95% of the time (set from the league’s own pitches: about 3 standard errors above, 2 below).
Most similar hitters
Swings like Benge: bat path, contact quality and approach
| Similarity | Player | xwOBA | ’26 WAR | ’27 proj | 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | A.J. Ewing NYM · ’04 | .324 | 2.0 | 2.0 | Pre-arb |
| 71 | Freddie Freeman LAD · ’89 | .364 | 2.6 | 1.2 | Signed $27.0M |
| 70 | Hao-Yu Lee DET · ’03 | .303 | 0.5 | 0.8 | Pre-arb |
| 67 | Carlos Cortes ATH · ’97 | .300 | −0.7 | 0.0 | Pre-arb |
| 64 | Cole Young SEA · ’03 | .316 | 2.0 | 1.5 | Pre-arb |
Nearest neighbours on bat speed, swing length, attack angle, squared-up and blast rates, EV90, barrels, pull-air, chase, zone contact, K% and BB%. 2026 regulars only.
Fielding
2027 rating at every position he can play · OAA by position · range by direction · tools. Same engine as the Fielding Lab and the Winter Plan.
| Season | Pos | OAA | Range | Arm, DP | Runs | Batters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | CF | −1 | −1 | +0.4 | −0.6 | 331 |
| 2026 | LF | +2 | +2 | +0.6 | +2.6 | 508 |
| 2026 | RF | −1 | −1 | +5.7 | +4.7 | 4,881 |
Runs = range plus his arm and double-play runs spread over his positions by outs (Fielding Run Value, from 2023): what the rating counts.
At RF in 2026, the biggest loss came toward 3B line (−2 outs): a coaching target.
Tools (percentile; arm among RFs)| Play | Made | Chances | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| ★★★★★ | 4 | 41 | 10% |
| ★★★★ | 7 | 12 | 58% |
| ★★★ | 9 | 14 | 64% |
| ★★ | 21 | 28 | 75% |
| ★ | 27 | 29 | 93% |
| Season | Zone | Balls | Outs vs. exp. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | RF | 482 | −9.1 |
| 2026 | LF | 57 | +0.9 |
The zone rating counts every ball hit to his part of the field while he played there, his club’s positioning included; Savant OAA uses his actual starting spot and is the better individual grade. They agree best in the outfield. See the model card.
Contract & projection
Club control (RosterResource) · Keystone projected WAR
* projected arbitration or minimum salary. Contract Studio →
Minor leagues
MLB Stats API · public box-score data
| SeasonLevel | Level | Team | Age | G | PA / IP | PA / IP ·Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025A+ | A+ | Brooklyn Cyclones | 22 | 60 | 271 PA | 271 PA · .302/.417/.480 · 4 HR · 18.5% K · 15.1% BB |
| 2025AA | AA | Binghamton Rumble Ponies | 22 | 32 | 145 PA | 145 PA · .317/.407/.571 · 8 HR · 15.9% K · 12.4% BB |
| 2025AAA | AAA | Syracuse Mets | 22 | 24 | 103 PA | 103 PA · .178/.272/.311 · 3 HR · 18.4% K · 8.7% BB |
FanGraphs: FV 55 · ETA 2026 · #26 overall. Public pitch tracking exists only at Triple-A and some Florida State League parks.
ABS challenges · 2026
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