Andrew Benintendi

Andrew Benintendi

31-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Chicago White Sox
2026 Stats
AVG
.242
HR
9
RBI
37
R
30
SB
1
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2026 Fantasy Outlook
Not many players have changed their skills profile as drastically as Benintendi in the last few seasons. His flyball rate has increased from 34.7 to 48.8 percent since 2023, and his barrel rate took a corresponding leap to a career-high 11.0 percent clip in 2025. Unfortunately, that hasn't led to a significant uptick in fantasy value for a few different reasons. The first is that shifting his batted ball profile so significantly has harmed his batting average. Benintendi has a career .305 BABIP, yet he has marks of just .245 and .250 the last two seasons. The other two factors are out of his control. The White Sox have had a dismal lineup the last few seasons, and that looks unlikely to change in 2026. Finally, Benintendi has over 600 plate appearances only once in the last five years, which also cuts down on his counting stat potential. Benintendi can be a decent source of power in deeper leagues, but he is a meaningful contributor in one category at this point in his career given the evaporation of his stolen bases. Read Past Outlooks
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From Preseason
#392
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League Majors
Bats L
Throws L
40 Man Yes
Height 5'9"
Weight 185
DOB 7/6/1994
Born Cincinnati, OH
College Arkansas
Drafted 1st Rd 2015 BOS
Signed a five-year, $75 million contract with the White Sox in December of 2022.
Delivers pinch-hit grand slam
OFChicago White Sox
June 18, 2026
Benintendi went 1-for-1 with a grand slam in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Yankees.
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Benintendi delivered the game's defining moment in the eighth inning. Entering as a pinch hitter for Randal Grichuk in a tie game with the bases loaded, the veteran outfielder launched a 393-foot grand slam off Camilo Doval to break the game open and give Chicago all the offense it would need. The homer continued a recent power surge for Benintendi, who has now gone deep three times in his last 17 plate appearances. After a slow start to the season, he has raised his production to a .242 batting average and .741 OPS across 66 games.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
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#3
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#9
10
16
1
3
17
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vs LHP
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#3
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#5
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#9
3
3
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+8%
OPS vs RHP
2026
 
 
+75%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+20%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+17%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024vs Left .675 252 28 10 29 1 .230 .271 .404
Since 2024vs Right .727 969 109 39 135 4 .237 .305 .421
2026vs Left .454 35 5 0 0 0 .188 .235 .219
2026vs Right .793 195 25 9 37 1 .251 .313 .480
2025vs Left .849 91 12 6 16 0 .276 .286 .563
2025vs Right .709 378 45 14 47 1 .231 .312 .396
2024vs Left .606 126 11 4 13 1 .207 .270 .336
2024vs Right .711 396 39 16 51 2 .235 .295 .416
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+17%
OPS at Home
2026
 
 
+9%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+23%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+26%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024Home .774 596 70 26 79 3 .257 .319 .454
Since 2024Away .661 625 67 23 85 2 .215 .278 .383
2026Home .707 106 14 3 10 0 .221 .286 .421
2026Away .770 124 16 6 27 1 .259 .315 .455
2025Home .817 226 29 12 34 1 .267 .332 .485
2025Away .665 243 28 8 29 0 .216 .284 .381
2024Home .764 264 27 11 35 2 .263 .322 .442
2024Away .606 258 23 9 29 1 .194 .256 .350
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Stat Review
How does Andrew Benintendi compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.31
 
BB Rate
8.3%
 
K Rate
27.0%
 
BABIP
.295
 
ISO
.198
 
AVG
.242
 
OBP
.301
 
SLG
.440
 
OPS
.741
 
wOBA
.322
 
Exit Velocity
88.8 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
38.3%
 
Barrels/PA
4.8%
 
Expected BA
.249
 
Expected SLG
.425
 
Sprint Speed
22.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
34.0%
 
Line Drive %
21.8%
 
Fly Ball %
44.2%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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In 2024 Benintendi matched his career high with 20 homers, first achieved in his first full season in the majors. He posted his highest barrel rate since 2021 and highest fly-ball rate ever. The added lift dropped his BABIP (and batting average) to its lowest in a full season. The result was a 93 wRC+, the second straight season he was below average. After stealing 13 bases the prior year, he stopped taking advantage of the new rules with 10 fewer bags. Surprisingly, Benintendi's minus-13 defensive runs saved were the worst of all left fielders. The White Sox are committed to Benintendi through 2027; his weak bat and subpar glove will be in the lineup. Volume is his main asset, leaving him as a back-end outfielder with no upside.
The first season of Benintendi's five-year, $75 million contract with the White Sox couldn't have gone much worse. Benintendi managed to hit just five home runs and post a .356 slugging percentage over 621 plate appearances, and a woeful 27 percent hard-hit rate confirms that he made some of the weakest contact in baseball. Among 133 qualifiers, Benintendi ranked 123rd with his .682 OPS. To make matters worse, his defense in left field went from below average to borderline unplayable. Whether it was a display of unwavering loyalty or simply a lack of other options, manager Pedro Grifol continued to run Benintendi out there every day and rarely had him batting lower than second. With the White Sox in rebuild mode and four more years left of his deal, Benintendi should continue to be an everyday guy. His high contact rate makes him a solid bet for average, but he has little else going for him.
Benintendi hit .320 for the Royals before he was shipped to the Yankees at the trade deadline, but he struggled to a .254 average with New York and missed the final month of the season with a broken wrist. He cashed in with a five-year, $75 million contract with the White Sox and should have an everyday role in the corner outfield. Despite the high batting average last year, the veteran outfielder's numbers are underwhelming, as he finished with five home runs, 51 RBI, 54 runs and eight stolen bases in 126 contests. He showcased minimal power and had a .095 ISO, which is the lowest of his career by a significant margin, though he cut his strikeout rate to a career-best 14.1 percent. The poor power and speed production leave Benintendi with a low ceiling, even if he's able to hit around .300 again in 2023.
In his first season with the Royals, Benintendi was fine, with his best trait being a .276 average. The batting average along with some home runs and stolen bases placed him in the "I guess" camp. Managers weren't excited about rostering or starting him, and that trend continues into 2022 draft season, understandably. Some underlying traits should have fantasy managers worried. In his prime, he was stealing over 20 bases a season, but last year he was just 8-for-17 on the bases and just 1-for-4 in the second half. His walk rate was a career-low 6.7%. He keeps pulling the ball more and more and teams are shifting him from around 60% in 2018 and 2019 to 83% last season. At least his Gold Glove will keep him in the field, so he'll continue to contribute some counting stats. There is just so little that could go right and so much that could go wrong that he doesn't seem like a player to count on.
Over a longer season, Benintendi may have been able to salvage some amount of respectability from his stat line, but there's still nothing good that can be said about his campaign. He appeared in just 14 games before being shut down with a rib injury, but he showed incredibly little in that tiny sample, hitting a miserable .103/.314/.128. Ordinarily, thinking much at all about just 14 games in which a player may have been battling an injury would be unwise, but those struggles fit disturbingly well into the overall arc of his career. 2019 had been his worse year to date, as his 13 homers, 10 steals and .266 average that year all represented full-season lows. Benintendi is entering his age-26 season, and he was quite highly touted as a prospect, but he has had just one year (2018) as a significantly above-average hitter. There's still upside here, but another year of mediocrity wouldn't be a surprise.
Players are supposed to take steps forward in their third full season, but Benny Biceps did not get that memo. Instead, he compiled his way to a league-average season, posting full-season lows nearly across the board. It should be noted that his overall offensive production was exactly league average despite it being a decline from his efforts in 2017 and 2018. As for causes, his strikeout rate jumped seven percentage points as pitchers were able to get him to swing and miss through pitches at a higher rate than in previous seasons, and many of those misses came within the strike zone. Pitchers would get ahead of him early with first-pitch strikes, and get him in protection mode which forced more guessing and strike zone expansion to protect the edges. He was particularly awful against offspeed stuff. The league has adjusted to him; now it is Benintendi's turn to adjust to stop the statistical backslide.
What do you call a player who is above average across the board but doesn't excel in any one area? His teammates call him Beni. Benintendi fell four homers short of his second straight 20-20 season but increased his doubles by 15 along with powering six triples, resulting in a 41-point jump in SLG along with a 20-point ISO increase. Keying this surge was an improved handling of southpaws (.694 OPS as compared to a .622 mark the previous season). Batting second for most of the season, Benintendi eclipsed the century mark in runs for the first time in his young career. If there's a concern, it comes from Statcast as his exit velocity and barrel rate are pedestrian. However, a solid 82% contact rate keeps his batting average floor high while allowing him to take advantage of Fenway Park. Benintendi may still develop more power and continue to improve against LHP. Chasing that is a risk, but settling for a repeat of 2018 is reasonable.
Normally, a 20-20 inaugural season puts you in contention for Rookie of the Year honors, but when someone else shatters the first-year home run record, you fall short. Such is the case for Benintendi, one of only nine hitters to accomplish the aforementioned feat. Benintendi's impressive season occurred in spite of a weak showing versus southpaws. The lefty-swinging outfielder sported a meek .622 OPS in 112 at bats when saddled with the platoon disadvantage. That said, it's encouraging Benintendi's struggles weren't making contact, but hitting too many medium-speed grounders with a lefty on the hill. This should be correctable with an adjustment, baking in some upside to Benintendi's already impressive skill set versus righties. Also promising is the youngster walked at a greater clip against lefties. A power-speed combo doesn't come cheap, but considering Benintendi is likely to get better, while hitting in a productive spot in a lineup destined to improve from 2017, he's worth a high draft pick or an extra buck or two at the auction table.
Benintendi had a whirlwind year, from being drafted in the summer of 2015 to reaching the majors in the summer of 2016. The 22-year-old started the 2016 season at High-A Salem where he needed just 34 games before getting a bump up to Double-A Portland. He was challenged in the Eastern League, but eventually adjusted and raked to the tune of a .323/.389/.586 line over his final 50 games. That was just enough to convince the Red Sox to call him up to Boston to provide production out of left field, a new position for him. There were some shaky defensive moments out there, but he made all he plays. At the plate, 14 of his 31 hits went for extra bases and he got on base at a good clip, but struggled in a small sample against left-handed pitching (28 at-bats). There's still some work to do, but he has a good approach and, as the primary left fielder, will get plenty of chances to develop his bat.
Benintendi blossomed in his sophomore season at the University of Arkansas in 2015, leading the SEC in batting average (.380), home runs (20), on-base percentage (.489), slugging (.715) and walks (47) while becoming the first college baseball player to hit 20 home runs and steal 20 bases in a season since 2009. Production like that is worthy of hardware and Benintendi received it, capturing the Golden Spikes award as the top amateur baseball player in the nation as well as the SEC Player of the Year. Then it got better. As a sophomore eligible draftee, he was drafted seventh-overall by the Red Sox and continued to dominate pitchers. Benintendi adjusted to wooden bats quite well, posting a .972 OPS with 11 homers while maintaining a good approach, walking 35 times compared to 24 strikeouts, in 54 games for short-season Lowell and Low-A Greenville. Talent evaluators believe he’s one of the closest 2015 draftees to the big leagues.
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Receiving evening off
OFChicago White Sox
June 17, 2026
Benintendi is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Yankees.
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Homers again Tuesday
OFChicago White Sox
June 16, 2026
Benintendi went 1-for-2 with a solo home run and a walk in Tuesday's 12-2 loss to the Yankees.
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Smacks seventh homer
OFChicago White Sox
June 13, 2026
Benintendi went 1-for-4 with a walk and a solo home run Friday against the Dodgers.
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Idle against southpaw
OFChicago White Sox
June 10, 2026
Benintendi is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against Atlanta.
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Homers in big day Wednesday
OFChicago White Sox
June 3, 2026
Benintendi went 2-for-3 with three walks, a two-run home run and a second run scored in Wednesday's 8-0 rout of the Twins.
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Yankees could be interested
OFChicago White Sox
June 5, 2026
Benintendi could be one of the options the Yankees consider to bolster their outfield depth following the rib injury sustained by Aaron Judge, according to Jake Elman of FanSided.
Analysis
The Yankees may need to add an impact bat who can play the outfield on a regular basis with Judge sidelined for the foreseeable future. Benintendi might be nothing more than a league-average hitter these days, but he could be a low-cost option as a stopgap. Benintendi is hitting .240 with a .711 OPS and six homers across 55 games this season.
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