Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for JoJo Romero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 197	# 246
VBR	# 436	# 494

Projections

Strikeouts	19	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.62	3.63
WHIP	1.32	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 170	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 169	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 211	# 228

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 399	# 271

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	35

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.0	34.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	20	8

Hits Allowed	40	21

Earned Runs	16	10

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	43	41

Walks	16	12

ERA	3.35	2.62

WHIP	1.30	0.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.2	18.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	3

Hits Allowed	18	16

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	19	19

Walks	8	7

ERA	3.62	3.63

WHIP	1.32	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
News
	The Cardinals placed JoJo Romero on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Anthony Bender has resumed throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	JoJo Romero worked around a hit and a walk without allowing an earned run in Sunday's 4-3 loss to Atlanta. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th	Anthony Bender remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	JoJo Romero struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance during Friday's 2-1 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th	The Marlins placed Anthony Bender on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Romero finished 2025 with a 2.07 ERA and 55:29 K:BB across 61 innings, and he already has closing experience with the Cardinals — he and Riley O'Brien shared ninth-inning duties down the stretch after Ryan Helsley was traded. Matt Svanson and Ryne Stanek are also expected to factor into save situations in St. Louis. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th	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 Cardinals agreed to terms with LHP JoJo Romero on a one-year, $4.26 million contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 8th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JoJo Romero RP - STL			Anthony Bender RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, May 5th				vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, May 18th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Fri, May 22nd				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for JoJo Romero (2026)

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