AJ Blubaugh or Anthony Bender
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| Anthony Bender RP - MIA  | AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 22 | 22 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 21.1 | 33.2 |
| Wins | 1 | 2 |
| Losses | 0 | 2 |
| Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 0 |
| Holds | 4 | 3 |
| Hits Allowed | 12 | 26 |
| Earned Runs | 8 | 18 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 0 | 5 |
| Strikeouts | 23 | 24 |
| Walks | 9 | 21 |
| ERA | 3.38 | 4.81 |
| WHIP | 0.98 | 1.40 |
| Anthony Bender RP - MIA | AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 58 | 29 |
| Games Started | 0 | 3 |
| Innings Pitched | 56.8 | 43.2 |
| Wins | 3 | 2 |
| Losses | 3 | 2 |
| Saves | 2 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Holds | 15 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 51 | 40 |
| Earned Runs | 26 | 23 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 6 | 7 |
| Strikeouts | 54 | 40 |
| Walks | 22 | 19 |
| ERA | 4.06 | 4.76 |
| WHIP | 1.29 | 1.35 |
| Anthony Bender RP - MIA | AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU | |
| News | ||
| Anthony Bender allowed two earned runs on one hit and three walks while striking out two hitters to record his first save of the season in Sunday’s 7-6 victory over the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Apr 6th | ||
| Bender has been slowed early in Marlins camp by a shin issue. He threw a live batting practice session Tuesday, sitting 95-96 mph with his fastball. Bruno Mulé Tue, Feb 24th | ||
| Anthony Bender has avoided arbitration with the Miami Marlins and will make $2.81 million in 2026. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Anthony Bender RP - MIA | AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #38 | |||
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #362 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #150 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #421 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #44 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #424 | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #370 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (7-1) | #76 | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #28 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #347 | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #143 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs CWS | Shane Smith (0-2) | #202 | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #6 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #65 | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #118 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #68 | @ ATH | Luis Morales (0-2) | #344 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #34 | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #190 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #367 | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (1-1) | #420 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #362 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #142 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #421 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #199 | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #92 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #53 | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #421 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #424 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs COL | Juan Mejia | ||||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #194 | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #161 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #59 | vs STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #139 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #84 | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #110 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #101 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #161 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #185 | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #65 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #85 | vs NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #68 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #67 | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #252 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #196 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-0) | #8 | @ BOS | Jake Bennett (1-1) | #300 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #163 | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #100 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #28 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #111 | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #196 | vs LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #39 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #86 | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #61 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs WSH | Richard Lovelady (2-2) | #216 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #89 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Mon, May 11th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #75 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6) | #224 | vs SEA | Bryce Miller (1-0) | #55 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #81 | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ TB | Ian Seymour (3-0) | #104 | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #77 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #74 | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #19 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-5) | #21 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #247 | @ MIN | Kendry Rojas (1-0) | #192 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #200 | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #81 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #181 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 | @ CHC | Colin Rea (4-3) | #138 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #107 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #22 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #41 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #105 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ TOR | Braydon Fisher (2-1) | #164 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #77 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #20 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-5) | #21 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #194 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #107 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #136 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #30 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #246 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #125 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ WSH | Andrew Alvarez (1-0) | #173 | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-4) | #2 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs PIT | |||||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #19 | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #129 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #190 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs TB | vs ATH | ||||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ LAA | |||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs ARI | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs ARI | @ LAA | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ PIT | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ PIT | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ PIT | @ KC | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ PHI | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ PHI | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ PHI | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs SF | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs SF | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs SF | vs CLE | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs TEX | @ TOR | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs TEX | @ TOR | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs TEX | @ TOR | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ DET | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ STL | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ STL | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ STL | @ DET | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ COL | vs MIN | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ COL | vs MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ COL | vs MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ ATH | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ ATH | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ ATH | vs TB | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ WSH | |||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs SEA | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs SEA | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs CLE | @ TEX | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs CLE | @ TEX | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs CLE | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ MIL | vs BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ MIL | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ MIL | vs BAL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ HOU | vs MIA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ HOU | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ HOU | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs SD | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs SD | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs SD | @ CWS | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs PHI | @ LAA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs PHI | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs PHI | @ LAA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ NYM | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ NYM | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ NYM | vs TEX | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs TOR | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ ATL | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ ATL | vs TOR | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs LAA | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs LAA | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs LAA | @ SD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ SF | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs PIT | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs PIT | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CIN | vs SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ CIN | vs SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ CIN | vs SEA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ PHI | vs LAA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ PHI | vs LAA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs LAA | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs WSH | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs WSH | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs WSH | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs BOS | @ NYY | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs BOS | @ NYY | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ NYY | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ WSH | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ WSH | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ WSH | @ NYM | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ WSH | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ KC | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ KC | vs CWS | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ KC | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs CHC | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs CHC | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs CHC | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs NYM | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs NYM | @ PHI | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ PHI | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs LAD | @ TB | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs LAD | @ TB | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs LAD | @ TB | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ ARI | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ ARI | vs KC | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs KC | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ SD | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ SD | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ SD | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ CHC | @ SEA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ CHC | @ SEA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ CHC | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs ATL | @ ATH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs ATL | @ ATH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs ATL | @ ATH | ||||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #223 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 | |||
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #39 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | vs BAL | Cade Povich (1-1) | #201 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #89 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs ARI | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ COL | |||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs SEA | |||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ NYM | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ ATL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs PIT | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ PHI | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs BOS | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs NYM | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ ARI | |||||
