Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Jayden Murray (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 246	‐
VBR	# 519	# 947

Projections

Strikeouts	19	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.64	4.19
WHIP	1.29	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 225	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 271	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.1	16.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	8	0

Hits Allowed	21	25

Earned Runs	10	17

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	41	14

Walks	12	9

ERA	2.62	9.37

WHIP	0.96	2.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.0	8.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	16	8

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	19	8

Walks	7	4

ERA	3.64	4.19

WHIP	1.29	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
News
	Anthony Bender has resumed throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Cubs optioned RHP Jayden Murray to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Anthony Bender remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Jayden Murray reported to join the Cubs on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Marlins placed Anthony Bender on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Astros traded Jayden Murray to the Cubs for minor-league first baseman Cameron Sisneros. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	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 Astros designated Jayden Murray for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	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 Astros recalled Jayden Murray from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA			Jayden Murray RP - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Jayden Murray (2026)

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