Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Daniel Lynch (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 262	# 309
VBR	# 508	# 502

Projections

Strikeouts	13	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	2
ERA	3.60	4.15
WHIP	1.29	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 245	# 292

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 271	# 309

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Daniel Lynch RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	45

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.1	45.0

Wins	1	4

Losses	1	2

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	8	13

Hits Allowed	21	30

Earned Runs	10	10

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	41	34

Walks	12	12

ERA	2.62	2.00

WHIP	0.96	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Daniel Lynch RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.3	18.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	11	18

Earned Runs	5	8

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	13	14

Walks	5	6

ERA	3.60	4.15

WHIP	1.29	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Daniel Lynch RP - KC
News
	Anthony Bender has been throwing out to 75 feet in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Daniel Lynch tossed a scoreless frame on 12 pitches in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Tigers, allowing one hit with no walks and no strikeouts. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th
	Anthony Bender has resumed throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Daniel Lynch allowed two hits over two scoreless innings in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Padres. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 19th
	Anthony Bender remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Daniel Lynch allowed three hits and one run while recording one out to take the loss against the White Sox. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 28th
	The Marlins placed Anthony Bender on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Daniel Lynch allowed three earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out one batter in the Royals' 6-4 loss to the Nationals. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 17th
	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	Daniel Lynch tossed a scoreless frame with one strikeout while allowing one hit in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Reds. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 4th
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			Daniel Lynch RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#296	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Daniel Lynch (2026)

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