Anthony Bender or Drew Smith

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Anthony Bender or Drew Smith Player Statistics
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Drew Smith RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	21.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	3.38	‐

WHIP	0.98	‐

Anthony Bender or Drew Smith Player Projections
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Drew Smith RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	58	34

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	56.8	33.9

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	15	2

Hits Allowed	51	31

Earned Runs	26	19

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	54	35

Walks	22	15

ERA	4.06	5.14

WHIP	1.29	1.36

Anthony Bender or Drew Smith Player Notes
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Drew Smith RP - MIN
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	The Twins signed RHP Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 29th
	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	Smith missed all of 2025 recovering from his second Tommy John surgery and signed a minor-league deal with the Nationals in mid-February. He allowed two hits and two walks while striking out seven across 5.1 scoreless innings in six Grapefruit League appearances but was not on track to make the Opening Day roster. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Anthony Bender has avoided arbitration with the Miami Marlins and will make $2.81 million in 2026. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th	Drew Smith has entered spring camp with the Nationals fully healthy. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
		The Nationals signed reliever Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th
Notes
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Anthony Bender or Drew Smith Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA			Drew Smith RP - MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#296
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#425	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#90
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (7-1)	#80	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#417
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#176	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-3)	#99
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#62	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#159
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-2)	#69	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-1)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#38	vs TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#392	vs DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#55
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-2)	#100	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (3-2)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#136	vs DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#222	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (0-6)	#68
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#205	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#226
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#55	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#246
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (3-2)	#4	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#145
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#123	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#7
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (2-1)	#108	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-2)	#113	vs BOS	Connelly Early (4-2)	#102
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-0)	#227	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#392
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-1)	#60	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-2)	#100
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#21	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#136
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#87
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (3-5)	#101	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#164	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#167
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-4)	#191	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#75	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#19
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#66	@ TB	Griffin Jax (1-3)	#46
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (1-5)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (4-2)	#1	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (2-4)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-0)	#6	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#226
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#163	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#44
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#41
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#111	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#97
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (3-1)	#197	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-3)	#215
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#202	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#175
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#94	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-2)	#216	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#37
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#97	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (7-3)	#29
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-2)	#73	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#63
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6)	#242	vs MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#72
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (1-2)	#89	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#148
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (3-0)	#106	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-0)	#227
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#79	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#49
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#20	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (0-1)	#188
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#241	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (2-2)	#155
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (2-3)	#201	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#315
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (2-6)	#125
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (3-0)	#31
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-1)	#180	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#91
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#24	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (0-2)	#185
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (0-0)	#130	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#44	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (4-1)	#181
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (2-1)	#168	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#151
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#22	@ CWS	David Sandlin	#332
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#24	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#86
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (0-0)	#130	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#105
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#28	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#97	vs CWS	David Sandlin	#332
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-3)	#215	vs CWS	Davis Martin (7-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH			vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#199
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#20	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB			vs KC
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB			vs KC
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI			@ DET
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI			@ DET
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI			@ DET
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT			vs STL
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF			@ ARI
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF			@ ARI
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF			@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX			vs LAD
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX			vs LAD
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL			vs COL
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL			vs COL
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL			vs COL
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL			@ HOU
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL			@ HOU
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL			@ HOU
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU			@ CLE
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU			@ CLE
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD			vs ATH
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD			vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD			vs ATH
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#82
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (0-0)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#22
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (7-1)	#80
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF