Anthony Bender or Steven Matz
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| Steven Matz SP,RP - TB  | Anthony Bender RP - MIA  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 9 | 22 |
| Games Started | 9 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 44.1 | 21.1 |
| Wins | 4 | 1 |
| Losses | 2 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 2 |
| Holds | 0 | 4 |
| Hits Allowed | 38 | 12 |
| Earned Runs | 23 | 8 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 7 | 0 |
| Strikeouts | 35 | 23 |
| Walks | 17 | 9 |
| ERA | 4.67 | 3.38 |
| WHIP | 1.24 | 0.98 |
| Steven Matz SP,RP - TB | Anthony Bender RP - MIA | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 34 | 58 |
| Games Started | 19 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 118.2 | 56.8 |
| Wins | 6 | 3 |
| Losses | 7 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 2 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 1 |
| Holds | 2 | 15 |
| Hits Allowed | 119 | 51 |
| Earned Runs | 55 | 26 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 16 | 6 |
| Strikeouts | 100 | 54 |
| Walks | 33 | 22 |
| ERA | 4.22 | 4.06 |
| WHIP | 1.28 | 1.29 |
| Steven Matz SP,RP - TB | Anthony Bender RP - MIA | |
| News | ||
| Steven Matz allowed six runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out two across three innings in Wednesday's 11-2 loss against the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 28th | 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 | |
| Steven Matz allowed one run on three hits and two walks while striking out five across four innings in Wednesday's 5-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 20th | 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 | |
| The Rays activated LHP Steven Matz from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th | Anthony Bender has avoided arbitration with the Miami Marlins and will make $2.81 million in 2026. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th | |
| Steven Matz is expected to be activated from the injured list on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th | ||
| The Rays placed LHP Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Steven Matz SP,RP - TB | Anthony Bender RP - MIA | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #362 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #84 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #421 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #101 | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #424 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #58 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (7-1) | #76 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #59 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #347 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | vs CWS | Shane Smith (0-2) | #202 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #75 | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #65 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ MIN | Mick Abel (1-2) | #207 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #68 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6) | #224 | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #34 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #367 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs CHC | Javier Assad (3-1) | #290 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (4-3) | #138 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #142 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #223 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #252 | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #199 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #34 | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #53 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #222 | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #135 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #125 | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #194 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-4) | #2 | vs MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #59 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #97 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #223 | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #84 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 | vs STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #101 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #367 | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #161 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #66 | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #185 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #75 | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #85 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6) | #224 | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #67 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #39 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #85 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-0) | #8 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #67 | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #163 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #98 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #256 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #20 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #111 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #219 | vs BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #196 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ BOS | Jake Bennett (1-1) | #300 | vs BAL | Cade Povich (1-1) | #201 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #100 | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #86 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs WSH | Richard Lovelady (2-2) | #216 | |||
| Sun, May 10th | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #88 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #89 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #219 | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #75 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6) | #224 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #81 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #121 | @ TB | Ian Seymour (3-0) | #104 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #64 | @ TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #74 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #63 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #19 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #87 | vs ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #247 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #50 | vs ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #200 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #32 | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #181 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #68 | vs NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #107 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #50 | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #41 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | @ TOR | Braydon Fisher (2-1) | #164 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ BAL | Trey Gibson (1-0) | #303 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #20 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #369 | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #44 | @ NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #107 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #370 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #30 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #53 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #89 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-6) | #69 | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #246 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 | @ WSH | Andrew Alvarez (1-0) | #173 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIA | Tyler Phillips | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #19 | |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #121 | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIA | vs TB | ||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs BOS | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs BOS | vs ARI | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs ARI | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ LAA | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ LAA | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ LAA | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ LAD | @ PHI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ LAD | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ LAD | @ PHI | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs WSH | vs SF | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs WSH | vs SF | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs WSH | vs SF | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs KC | vs TEX | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs KC | vs TEX | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs KC | vs TEX | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs ARI | @ STL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs ARI | @ STL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs ARI | @ STL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ COL | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ KC | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ KC | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ KC | @ COL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ HOU | @ ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ HOU | @ ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ HOU | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs NYY | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs NYY | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs NYY | vs SEA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs SEA | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs SEA | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs SEA | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ BOS | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ BOS | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ BOS | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ TOR | @ HOU | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ TOR | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ TOR | @ HOU | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CLE | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CLE | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CLE | vs SD | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs PHI | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs TEX | vs PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs TEX | vs PHI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs TEX | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs CWS | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs CWS | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs CWS | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ COL | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ COL | @ ATL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ ATL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ SEA | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ SEA | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ SEA | vs LAA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ ATH | vs PIT | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ ATH | vs PIT | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs PIT | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs BAL | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs BAL | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs BAL | @ CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs BAL | @ PHI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs TOR | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs TOR | @ PHI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ BAL | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ BAL | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ BAL | vs WSH | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ DET | vs BOS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ DET | vs BOS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ DET | vs BOS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs SD | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs SD | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs SD | @ WSH | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs NYM | @ WSH | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs NYM | @ KC | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs NYM | @ KC | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ TEX | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ TEX | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ TEX | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ TEX | vs CHC | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs NYM | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ ATL | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ ATL | vs NYM | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ ARI | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs ATH | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs ATH | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs BOS | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs BOS | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs BOS | @ SD | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ NYY | @ CHC | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ NYY | @ CHC | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ NYY | @ CHC | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ PHI | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ PHI | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ PHI | vs ATL | ||||
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ CWS | Jordan Leasure | ||||
| Mon, May 11th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #20 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs BOS | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs KC | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs NYY | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ TOR | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ COL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ ATH | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs TOR | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ ATL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs ATH | |||||
