Who Should I Trade?

Alexis Diaz for Anthony Bender (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 263	‐
VBR	# 835	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	6.00
WHIP	1.32	1.67

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 254	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 271	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
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	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.6	1.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	2

Earned Runs	1	1

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	2	2

Walks	1	1

ERA	3.94	6.00

WHIP	1.32	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
News
	Anthony Bender did mound work in Florida. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd	The Rangers have outrighted right-hander Alexis Diaz to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Anthony Bender threw 24 pitches over one-plus inning in his first rehab appearance. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	Diaz allowed eight earned runs on three hits and four walks across 1.2 innings over three spring appearances, retiring just five of the 13 batters he faced and striking out one. He had entered camp competing for the Rangers' closer job. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 13th
	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
	Anthony Bender threw a touch and feel bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA			Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#244	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#395	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#282	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#258
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#126
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#258
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#240	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#216
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#328	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#92	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#164
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#264	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#290
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#208	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#177	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#368
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#164
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#328	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#217
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#110	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#203
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#405	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#358	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#305
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#144	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#229
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#74	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#144
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#161	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#319	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#240
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#319
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#166
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#131	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#166	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#252
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#166	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#168	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#418	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#214
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#155	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#44	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#161	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#41
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13	@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#119
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149	vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#228
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (1-1)	#106
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes	#65

Who Should I Trade?

Alexis Diaz for Anthony Bender (2026)

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