Anthony Bender or Gus Varland

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Anthony Bender or Gus Varland Player Statistics
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Gus Varland RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	33

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.1	31.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	2	6

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	8	6

Hits Allowed	21	43

Earned Runs	10	24

Home Runs Allowed	1	7

Strikeouts	41	30

Walks	12	15

ERA	2.62	6.82

WHIP	0.96	1.83

Anthony Bender or Gus Varland Player Projections
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Gus Varland RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	58	28

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	56.8	28.3

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	15	1

Hits Allowed	51	28

Earned Runs	26	16

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	54	27

Walks	22	12

ERA	4.06	5.10

WHIP	1.29	1.39

Anthony Bender or Gus Varland Player Notes
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Gus Varland RP - WSH
News
	Anthony Bender discontinued throwing and will be re-evaluated. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Anthony Bender did mound work in Florida. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd	Gus Varland allowed one earned run on one hit and one walk while striking out one batter to earn the save in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 17th
	Anthony Bender threw 24 pitches over one-plus inning in his first rehab appearance. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	Gus Varland struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 4-3 win over the Giants. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 9th
	Anthony Bender is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Gus Varland struck out two batters while allowing one hit over 1.1 scoreless frames to earn the save in Thursday's 7-5 win over the Twins. Jesse Garcia Fri, May 8th
	Anthony Bender threw off the mound on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	Gus Varland struck out one batter and allowed one hit over 1 1/3 innings pitched in the Nationals win over the Mets. Jesse Garcia Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Anthony Bender or Gus Varland Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA			Gus Varland RP - WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#283	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-2)	#77
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#236	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#264	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#110
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#202	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#264	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#328
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#387
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#172	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#190
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#389	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#311
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#396
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#110	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#151	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#403
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#151	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#161	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#176
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#10
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (2-1)	#108	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#42
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#10	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes	#67
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET