Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Drew Sommers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 246	‐
VBR	# 495	# 548

Projections

Strikeouts	18	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.64	3.89
WHIP	1.29	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 228	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 271	# 402

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Drew Sommers RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.1	11.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	8	4

Hits Allowed	21	12

Earned Runs	10	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	41	16

Walks	12	7

ERA	2.62	4.76

WHIP	0.96	1.68

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Drew Sommers RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.2	20.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	3

Hits Allowed	15	19

Earned Runs	7	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	20

Walks	7	9

ERA	3.64	3.89

WHIP	1.29	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Drew Sommers RP - DET
News
	Anthony Bender has resumed throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Tigers have recalled left-hander Drew Sommers from Triple-A Toledo. Brenton Kemp Thu, May 28th
	Anthony Bender remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Drew Sommers is with the Tigers on standby on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	The Marlins placed Anthony Bender on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Drew Sommers will serve as the Tigers’ 27th man for Sunday’s doubleheader against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	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	Drew Sommers was with the Tigers on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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	Sommers allowed two runs without surrendering a hit across three Grapefruit League innings. He walked four batters, hit two with pitches and threw one wild pitch during his spring appearances. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th
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			Drew Sommers RP - DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#219
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#185
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Drew Sommers (2026)

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