Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Chris Flexen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 263	‐
VBR	# 825	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	3	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.90	‐
WHIP	1.31	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 254	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 271	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Chris Flexen RP - FA
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	Chris Flexen RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	2.6	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	3.90	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Chris Flexen RP - FA
News
	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
	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
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA			Chris Flexen RP - FA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#420
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#302
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#306
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#223
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#368
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#236
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#232
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#162
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#368
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#124
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#411
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#406
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#66
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#121
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#352
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#196
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#163
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#163
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#118
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#202
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#171
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Chris Flexen (2026)

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