Anthony Bender or Fernando Cruz

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Anthony Bender or Fernando Cruz Player Statistics
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	35

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	54.2	34.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	6	1

Saves	2	2

Blown Saves	6	2

Holds	19	8

Hits Allowed	41	21

Earned Runs	19	10

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	67	41

Walks	32	12

ERA	3.13	2.62

WHIP	1.34	0.96

Anthony Bender or Fernando Cruz Player Projections
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	59	58

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	58.9	56.8

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	2	2

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	17	15

Hits Allowed	45	51

Earned Runs	24	26

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	81	54

Walks	27	22

ERA	3.68	4.06

WHIP	1.23	1.29

Anthony Bender or Fernando Cruz Player Notes
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
News
	Fernando Cruz is seeking a second opinion after he was diagnosed with a torn UCL. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	Anthony Bender did mound work in Florida. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that Fernando Cruz has been diagnosed with a partially torn UCL in his right elbow. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	Anthony Bender threw 24 pitches over one-plus inning in his first rehab appearance. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	The Yankees placed Fernando Cruz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Anthony Bender is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Fernando Cruz and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration and the righthander is scheduled to make $1.45 million in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	Anthony Bender threw off the mound on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
		Anthony Bender threw a touch and feel bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
Notes
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Anthony Bender or Fernando Cruz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY			Anthony Bender RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Sun, Mar 29th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#420
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#302
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#186	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#306
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#129	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#223	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#295	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#223
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#368
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#238	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#236
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#162	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#232
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Sat, May 23rd				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#162
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#368
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#124
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#411
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#406
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#310	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#65	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#372	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29
Sat, Jul 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#181	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#331	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#66
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#121
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#352
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#187	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#162	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#153	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#196
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#163
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#148	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#163
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#118
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#202
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM	Jonah Tong (1-1)	#120
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#121	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#171	vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes	#87
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#214
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#169
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#91
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422