Anthony Bender or Michael Mercado
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| Anthony Bender RP - MIA  | Michael Mercado RP - PHI  | |
| 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 RP - MIA | Michael Mercado RP - PHI | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 58 | 8 |
| Games Started | 0 | 1 |
| Innings Pitched | 56.8 | 14.9 |
| Wins | 3 | 1 |
| Losses | 3 | 1 |
| Saves | 2 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Holds | 15 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 51 | 17 |
| Earned Runs | 26 | 18 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 6 | 3 |
| Strikeouts | 54 | 13 |
| Walks | 22 | 10 |
| ERA | 4.06 | 10.55 |
| WHIP | 1.29 | 1.76 |
| Anthony Bender RP - MIA | Michael Mercado RP - PHI | |
| 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 Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th | |
| 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 | Michael Mercado RP - PHI | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #296 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #425 | vs TEX | Jacob Latz (1-1) | #109 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #428 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #52 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (7-1) | #80 | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #94 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #417 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #248 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs CWS | Shane Smith (0-2) | #176 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #97 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #62 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #425 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #69 | @ COL | Brennan Bernardino (2-3) | #258 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #38 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-3) | #427 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #392 | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #191 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-2) | #100 | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #75 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #136 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #92 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #222 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | vs ARI | Michael Soroka (6-2) | #71 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #55 | vs ARI | Brandon Pfaadt (0-1) | #117 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #58 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #123 | vs CHC | Javier Assad (3-1) | #278 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 | vs CHC | Riley Martin | |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-2) | #113 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #23 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #227 | vs ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #201 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #60 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #21 | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #123 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #87 | @ CHC | Colin Rea (4-3) | #134 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs STL | Dustin May (3-5) | #101 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #23 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #164 | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #53 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #191 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #123 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #75 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-2) | #113 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #66 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (4-2) | #1 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #92 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #35 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-0) | #6 | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #63 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #163 | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #72 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | @ MIA | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #308 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #41 | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #120 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #111 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #118 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #197 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-5) | #115 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs BAL | Cade Povich (1-1) | #202 | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #133 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #94 | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | #306 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs WSH | Richard Lovelady (2-2) | #216 | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #296 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #97 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-3) | #427 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #73 | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #185 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6) | #242 | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #32 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #89 | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #27 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ TB | Ian Seymour (3-0) | #106 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #79 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #127 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #20 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-4) | #2 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #241 | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #65 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #201 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-2) | #100 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #180 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (7-3) | #29 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #112 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #130 | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #44 | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #132 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ TOR | Braydon Fisher (2-1) | #168 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #186 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #22 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-2) | #217 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (6-2) | #140 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #130 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #126 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #28 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #97 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-3) | #215 | vs SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #132 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ WSH | vs SD | Walker Buehler (3-2) | #217 | ||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #20 | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #181 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs TB | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs TB | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs ARI | @ TOR | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs ARI | @ TOR | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs ARI | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ PIT | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ PIT | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ PIT | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ PHI | vs MIA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ PHI | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ PHI | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs SF | |||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs SF | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs SF | vs NYM | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs TEX | @ WSH | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs TEX | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs TEX | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ STL | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ STL | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ STL | @ NYM | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ COL | vs PIT | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ COL | vs PIT | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ COL | vs PIT | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ COL | vs PIT | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ ATH | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ ATH | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ ATH | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs SEA | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs SEA | @ CIN | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs SEA | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ MIL | |||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ MIL | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ MIL | vs NYM | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs SD | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs SD | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs SD | vs NYY | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs PHI | @ MIA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs PHI | @ MIA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs PHI | @ MIA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ NYM | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ NYM | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ NYM | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ NYM | @ BAL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ ATL | vs WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ ATL | vs WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ ATL | vs WSH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs LAA | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs LAA | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs LAA | vs TOR | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs PIT | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs PIT | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs PIT | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CIN | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ CIN | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ CIN | @ MIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ PHI | vs MIA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ PHI | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ PHI | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs WSH | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs WSH | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs WSH | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs BOS | @ SEA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs BOS | @ SEA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs BOS | @ SEA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ WSH | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ WSH | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ WSH | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ WSH | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ KC | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ KC | @ ARI | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ KC | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs CHC | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs CHC | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs CHC | vs ATL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs NYM | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs NYM | vs HOU | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs NYM | vs HOU | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs LAD | @ ATL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs LAD | @ ATL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs LAD | @ ATL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ ARI | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ ARI | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ ARI | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ SD | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ SD | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ SD | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ CHC | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ CHC | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ CHC | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs ATL | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs ATL | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs ATL | vs TB | ||||
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-5) | #18 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #78 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #191 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs SD | Lucas Giolito (2-0) | #160 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ TOR | |||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs NYM | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ WSH | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ KC | |||||
| Thu, Jul 16th | vs NYM | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs WSH | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ STL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | vs HOU | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ NYM | |||||
