Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Eric Cerantola (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 246	‐
VBR	# 520	# 962

Projections

Strikeouts	16	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.63	4.27
WHIP	1.30	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 228	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 271	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.1	5.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	8	0

Hits Allowed	21	4

Earned Runs	10	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	41	7

Walks	12	10

ERA	2.62	10.13

WHIP	0.96	2.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.9	3.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	14	3

Earned Runs	6	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	16	4

Walks	6	2

ERA	3.63	4.27

WHIP	1.30	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
News
	Anthony Bender has resumed throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Royals designated Eric Cerantola for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Anthony Bender remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Royals optioned RHP Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	The Marlins placed Anthony Bender on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Royals recalled RHP Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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 Royals optioned Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	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	The Royals recalled Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA			Eric Cerantola RP - SF
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			@ SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs DET
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Eric Cerantola (2026)

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