To believe Verdugo is worth the Benintendi deal (and then some), you'd at least have to think that Benintendi is worth the Benintendi deal. I don't, of course. I get the sense that few around the league do. (BTV has him at around -$10M underwater.) He's been worth 1.0 fWAR this year, and he's somebody (given the White Sox reversal of fortunes) the team would already seem to regret signing.
Anyway, if you isolate their two age 26 and 27 seasons (not birthday to birthday, but the seasons themselves as of 7/1), the two characters are very comparable:
AB: 1059 PA, .289/.348/.421, 8.3 BB% | 16.4 K%, 40.9 GB%, 89.4 EV, 10.5 SoftContact%, .132 ISO, .335 wOBA, 113 wRC+ | -4 fielding run value in '21-22 per OAA
AV: 1041 PA, .278/.335/.415, 7.4 BB% | 13.5 K%, 45.9 GB%, 89.1 EV, 15.5 SoftContact%, .137 ISO, .327 wOBA, 106 wRC+ | -6 fielding run value in '22-23 per OAA (likely punished by Fenway's LF; he was -6 in '22 and 0 this year)
Verdugo still has a couple months to go of his age-27 season, but right now he looks like a slightly less valuable asset than Benintendi at the plate, with potentially more value in the field. Verdugo has a better arm, Benny is a better baserunner.
Also!
vs. LHP, age 26-27:
AB: .287/.343/.394 | .323 wOBA
AV: .251/.331/.338 | .301 wOBA
Not predicting he'll be traded this week. But count me as someone who would be pretty bummed if Bloom extended Verdugo at 6/$90 or something.