Anthony Bender or Griffin Jax

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Anthony Bender or Griffin Jax Player Statistics
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	35

Games Started	23	0

Innings Pitched	112.1	34.1

Wins	8	1

Losses	10	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	2	8

Hits Allowed	96	21

Earned Runs	40	10

Home Runs Allowed	15	1

Strikeouts	116	41

Walks	35	12

ERA	3.20	2.62

WHIP	1.17	0.96

Anthony Bender or Griffin Jax Player Projections
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	67	58

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	65.0	56.8

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	15	2

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	12	15

Hits Allowed	53	51

Earned Runs	23	26

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	83	54

Walks	19	22

ERA	3.16	4.06

WHIP	1.10	1.29

Anthony Bender or Griffin Jax Player Notes
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
News
	Griffin Jax suffered a lower-back contusion in the third inning of Saturday's start against the Philadelphia Phillies after being struck by a 104 mph comebacker. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Sep 27th	Anthony Bender will undergo surgery to repair a right shin stress reaction. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 19th
	Griffin Jax allowed three hits and two walks while striking out five across five scoreless innings in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Sep 21st	Anthony Bender discontinued throwing and will be re-evaluated. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th
	Griffin Jax allowed two hits and no walks while striking out seven across five scoreless innings in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Sep 15th	Anthony Bender did mound work in Florida. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd
	Griffin Jax allowed six runs (three earned) on seven hits and two walks while recording one strikeout across 2.2 innings in Wednesday's 10-4 loss to the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Sep 2nd	Anthony Bender threw 24 pitches over one-plus inning in his first rehab appearance. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	The Rays activated RHP Griffin Jax from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 2nd	Anthony Bender is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
Notes
	He has elite stuff and massive strikeout upside, and his biggest threat to the closer's role, Uceta, is already hurt. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal

Anthony Bender or Griffin Jax Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB			Anthony Bender RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#187
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#281
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#241
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#243	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#225	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#241	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#173
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Sat, May 9th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#60
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#208
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#103
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#189
Sat, May 23rd				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)		vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#158
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (2-3)	#249	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#88
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#156	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#239	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#88	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#159
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#87
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#236
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#187
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#219
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#250	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#92	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#207
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#158	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#163
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#140	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#122
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#278	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#52
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#127	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#223
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (2-4)
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (2-4)
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#88
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)		@ WSH	Will Dion (2-2)	#104
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#46	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (2-0)	#114	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#243
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM	Jonah Tong (2-2)	#56
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-3)	#147	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#46
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)		vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU	Miguel Ullola (2-0)	#165	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#15
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (6-2)	#100	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#41
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#194	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#17
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#92	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	vs ATL	Ray Kerr
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68	vs ATL	Brent Suter (3-2)
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#103
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267