Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Eduard Bazardo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Eduard Bazardo RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 274	# 285
VBR	‐	# 509

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	2
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.04
WHIP	‐	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 263	# 213

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 271	# 345

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Eduard Bazardo RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	71

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.1	65.1

Wins	1	3

Losses	1	4

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	2	4

Holds	8	26

Hits Allowed	21	70

Earned Runs	10	28

Home Runs Allowed	1	12

Strikeouts	41	67

Walks	12	24

ERA	2.62	3.86

WHIP	0.96	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Eduard Bazardo RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	3

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	2.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	2

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	2

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	4.04

WHIP	‐	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Eduard Bazardo RP - SEA
News
	Anthony Bender will undergo surgery to repair a right shin stress reaction. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 19th	Eduard Bazardo recorded the save on Sunday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 21st
	Anthony Bender discontinued throwing and will be re-evaluated. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th	Eduard Bazardo allowed two runs on one inning in a loss on Sunday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	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
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			Eduard Bazardo RP - SEA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#255	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#92
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#362	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#235
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#319	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#53	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#26
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#6	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#346	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#138	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#323	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#202
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#169	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#153	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#301
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)		@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#170
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#135	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#70
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#9	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#200	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#49	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#102	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#164
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#145
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#149	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#94	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#200
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#104
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#13	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#12	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#38
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#126
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		vs KC	Kris Bubic (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#48	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#137
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#111	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#116	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#166
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#191
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#71	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)	#279	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#32	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#119	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#87	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#301
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#29	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#170
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#68	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#250
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#137	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#208
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#166	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#131	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#39	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#56	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#126
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#84	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#164
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#121	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#348
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#39	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#211
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#56	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#188
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#52	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#132
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#32	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)	#279	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (6-2)	#242
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#110	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#39
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#47
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#159	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#169
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#18	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#211	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#36
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#188	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#116
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#132	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#154
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#95	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#32
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#94	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#37
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#144
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#168
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#96	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#200	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#145	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#235
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#102	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#302	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#243	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#22
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#255
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#247
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#107	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#35
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#164	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#17	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#23	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#198
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#45	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#30	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#82	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#92	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#29
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#33	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#94
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#90	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#105	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#149
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#218	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#138
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#133	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#323
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#58
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#170	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#70
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#250	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#109
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#48	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#44
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#52	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#60	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#87
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-5)	#232	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#104
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#153	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)	#88
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#166	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#47
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#247	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#115
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#97	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#29
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#103	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#40	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#133
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#323	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#86
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#113	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#20
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#5
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#51
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#48	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#49
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#173	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#42
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#155	vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#89
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (2-4)	#156	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#24
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#37	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#43	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#48
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#41	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (2-4)	#156	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#35
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#32	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#22
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#110	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#114
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#181	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#43
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#342	@ BOS	Jedixson Paez (0-1)	#182
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#146
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#57	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#107
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#24	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#345
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#160	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#348
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#78	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (2-2)	#152
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#72	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#96
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)		vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#99
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#27	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#348
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#12	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#163	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#304
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#50	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#26
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#61	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#172
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#132	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#85
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#28	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#158
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#362
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#250	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#24	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#205
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#189
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#97
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#153	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#26
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#166	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#172
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#137	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#85
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#250
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#133
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#331
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#95
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#105
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Eduard Bazardo (2026)

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