Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Eric Lauer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 218	# 263
VBR	# 691	# 708

Projections

Strikeouts	13	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.00	3.39
WHIP	1.40	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 148	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	# 271

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 254

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	35

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	105.1	34.1

Wins	8	1

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	99	21

Earned Runs	56	10

Home Runs Allowed	24	1

Strikeouts	70	41

Walks	34	12

ERA	4.78	2.62

WHIP	1.26	0.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	5

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	15.7	4.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	16	4

Earned Runs	9	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	13	4

Walks	5	1

ERA	5.00	3.39

WHIP	1.40	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
News
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will return to the rotation. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	Anthony Bender threw 24 pitches over one-plus inning in his first rehab appearance. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will move back to a long relief role. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	Anthony Bender is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Eric Lauer allowed four earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in Tuesday's win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 19th	Anthony Bender threw off the mound on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	Eric Lauer allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out six over 6.1 innings in Wednesday's 4-2 win over Kansas City. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 13th	Anthony Bender threw a touch and feel bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Eric Lauer allowed six earned runs on 11 hits and no walks while striking out one over four innings in Wednesday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 6th	Anthony Bender has been throwing out to 75 feet in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD			Anthony Bender RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, Mar 29th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#153	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#166	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#198
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#198	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
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)	#177
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Eric Lauer (2026)

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