Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Jose Suarez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 274	# 304
VBR	# 835	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	4.58
WHIP	1.32	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	DFA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 263	# 312

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 271	# 281

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Jose Suarez RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	45

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	34.1	61.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	4

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	8	3

Hits Allowed	21	72

Earned Runs	10	40

Home Runs Allowed	1	6

Strikeouts	41	61

Walks	12	27

ERA	2.62	5.87

WHIP	0.96	1.61

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Jose Suarez RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	2.6	3.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	2	3

Earned Runs	1	2

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	2	3

Walks	1	1

ERA	3.94	4.58

WHIP	1.32	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Jose Suarez RP - ATH
News
	Anthony Bender discontinued throwing and will be re-evaluated. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th	The Athletics designated LHP José Suarez for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 2nd
	Anthony Bender did mound work in Florida. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd	The Athletics placed LHP José Suarez on the 15-day injured list with a right hip strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	Anthony Bender threw 24 pitches over one-plus inning in his first rehab appearance. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	José Suarez will open the game on Thursday for the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Anthony Bender is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Athletics activated LHP José Suarez from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Anthony Bender threw off the mound on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	The Athletics have placed left-hander Jose Suarez on the paternity list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
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			Jose Suarez RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	@ ATL	Jose Suarez
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#244	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#395
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#44
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#74
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#282	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#240	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#328	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#92	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#264	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#228	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#208	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#177	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#328	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#405
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#110
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#414
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#405	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#358	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#150
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#203
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#144	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#360
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#74	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#126
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#161	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#319	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#131	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#87
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#166	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#166	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#168	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#418	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#41
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#155	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#44	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (1-1)	#106	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#161	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes	#65
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#418
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Jose Suarez (2026)

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