Anthony Bender or Michael Mercado

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Anthony Bender or Michael Mercado Player Statistics
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	34.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	8	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	2.62	‐

WHIP	0.96	‐

Anthony Bender or Michael Mercado Player Projections
	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 or Michael Mercado Player Notes
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Anthony Bender discontinued throwing and will be re-evaluated. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Anthony Bender did mound work in Florida. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd
	Anthony Bender threw 24 pitches over one-plus inning in his first rehab appearance. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	Anthony Bender is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Anthony Bender threw off the mound on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
Notes
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Anthony Bender or Michael Mercado Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-2)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#264	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#293
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#399	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#246
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#232	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#245	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#302	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#165
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#310	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#171	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#233
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#190	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#302	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#219
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#286
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#4
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#200	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#156	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#305
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#323	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#225	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#75	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#204	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#107	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#348	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#305
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#373	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#196
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs MIA	Cade Gibson
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#210	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#136
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#137	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#137	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#188	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	@ ARI	Taylor Clarke
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#246	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (2-1)	#86	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#80
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#348	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#48
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#137
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131	@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	@ NYM	Jonah Tong (2-1)	#86
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
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 (10-9)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#258
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33