Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Edwin Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 92	# 246
VBR	# 311	# 523

Projections

Strikeouts	25	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	7	0
ERA	3.26	3.66
WHIP	1.17	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 148	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 75	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 75	# 225

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 136	# 271

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	35

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.0	34.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	4	2

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	9	21

Earned Runs	7	10

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	10	41

Walks	5	12

ERA	10.50	2.62

WHIP	2.33	0.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.2	19.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	7	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	13	17

Earned Runs	7	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	25	20

Walks	7	7

ERA	3.26	3.66

WHIP	1.17	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
News
	Edwin Diaz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Ontario on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Anthony Bender remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Edwin Diaz threw his second live batting practice session on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th	The Marlins placed Anthony Bender on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Edwin Diaz threw live batting practice on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters on Thursday that right-hander Edwin Díaz threw 28 pitches during a successful bullpen session. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 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
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Edwin Díaz could progress to facing hitters in a live batting practice session this weekend. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Bender has been slowed early in Marlins camp by a shin issue. He threw a live batting practice session Tuesday, sitting 95-96 mph with his fastball. Bruno Mulé Tue, Feb 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD			Anthony Bender RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Sun, Mar 29th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#162
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#310	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#347
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#245
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#152
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#190	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#185	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#313
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#307	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#185
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#344	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#164
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#313
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#154
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#214	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-1)	#232
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-1)	#216	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#344
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#307	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#230	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#170	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-0)	#312	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Thu, Jul 9th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#206	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#222
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco	#231
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#307
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Edwin Diaz (2026)

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