Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Cole Sands (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 246	# 260
VBR	# 498	# 588

Projections

Strikeouts	19	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.58	4.17
WHIP	1.29	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 225	# 200

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 271	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.1	11.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	8	3

Hits Allowed	21	12

Earned Runs	10	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	41	11

Walks	12	4

ERA	2.62	4.63

WHIP	0.96	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.7	20.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	3

Hits Allowed	16	19

Earned Runs	7	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	19	20

Walks	7	7

ERA	3.58	4.17

WHIP	1.29	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Anthony Bender has resumed throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands began a rehab assignment with Triple-A St. Paul on Tuesday, pitching a scoreless inning. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Anthony Bender remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	The Marlins placed Anthony Bender on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Cole Sands has been shut down from throwing after undergoing an MRI on Friday that revealed inflammation in the forearm. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 15th
	Anthony Bender allowed no runs on one hit while striking out one in Sunday's 4-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, earning his second save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 7th	Cole Sands began a rehab assignment on Tuesday with Triple-A St. Paul, tossing a scoreless inning with one strikeout. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 3rd
	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	Cole Sands threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Cole Sands (2026)

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