Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Cooper Criswell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 262	# 328
VBR	# 508	# 653

Projections

Strikeouts	13	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.60	4.22
WHIP	1.29	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 245	# 301

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 271	# 336

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.1	30.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	8	3

Hits Allowed	21	28

Earned Runs	10	12

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	41	23

Walks	12	8

ERA	2.62	3.52

WHIP	0.96	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	10

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	13.3	13.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	11	13

Earned Runs	5	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	13	11

Walks	5	4

ERA	3.60	4.22

WHIP	1.29	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
News
	Anthony Bender has been throwing out to 75 feet in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Cooper Criswell is targeting his return in late August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Anthony Bender has resumed throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Mariners transferred Cooper Criswell to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Anthony Bender remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Mariners GM Justin Hollander said Cooper Criswell will undergo an MRI on July 6. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	The Marlins placed Anthony Bender on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Mariners expect Cooper Criswell to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	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	The Mariners placed RHP Cooper Criswell on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
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			Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#296	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Cooper Criswell (2026)

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