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Anthony Bender for Julian Merryweather (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Anthony Bender RP - MIA  | Julian Merryweather RP - MIN  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 247 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 468 | ‐ |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 39 | ‐ |
| Wins | 2 | ‐ |
| Saves | 2 | ‐ |
| ERA | 3.66 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.34 | ‐ |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | MiLB |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 228 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 273 | ‐ |
| Anthony Bender RP - MIA | Julian Merryweather RP - MIN | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 23 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 0 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 22.1 | ‐ |
| Wins | 1 | ‐ |
| Losses | 0 | ‐ |
| Saves | 1 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 2 | ‐ |
| Holds | 4 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 12 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 8 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 0 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 24 | ‐ |
| Walks | 9 | ‐ |
| ERA | 3.22 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 0.94 | ‐ |
| Anthony Bender RP - MIA | Julian Merryweather RP - MIN | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 42 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 0 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 39.1 | ‐ |
| Wins | 2 | ‐ |
| Losses | 2 | ‐ |
| Saves | 2 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Holds | 8 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 34 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 16 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 39 | ‐ |
| Walks | 16 | ‐ |
| ERA | 3.66 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.34 | ‐ |
| Anthony Bender RP - MIA | Julian Merryweather RP - MIN | |
| News | ||
| 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 | Julian Merryweather is starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th | |
| Bender has been slowed early in Marlins camp by a shin issue. He threw a live batting practice session Tuesday, sitting 95-96 mph with his fastball. Bruno Mulé Tue, Feb 24th | Twins right-hander Julian Merryweather (hamstring) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to throw another session on Friday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th | |
| Anthony Bender has avoided arbitration with the Miami Marlins and will make $2.81 million in 2026. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th | Merryweather (hamstring) joined Minnesota as a non-roster invitee. Head trainer Nick Paparesta said Merryweather has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left hamstring strain. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th | |
| The Minnesota Twins signed Julian Merryweather to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Anthony Bender RP - MIA | Julian Merryweather RP - MIN | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #80 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs CWS | Shane Smith (0-2) | #205 | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #167 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #9 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #197 | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #22 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #59 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #37 | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #170 | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #194 | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs BAL | Cade Povich (1-1) | #240 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs WSH | Richard Lovelady (2-2) | #204 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #82 | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #120 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ TB | Ian Seymour (3-0) | #100 | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #197 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 | vs MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #191 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #236 | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #152 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #333 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #188 | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #183 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs NYM | Christian Scott (1-0) | #90 | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ TOR | Braydon Fisher (2-1) | #156 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | @ CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #210 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | @ PIT | Jared Jones (0-0) | #69 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ NYM | Christian Scott (1-0) | #90 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #210 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ WSH | Andrew Alvarez (1-0) | #178 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #22 | vs KC | Luinder Avila | |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #59 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs ARI | @ DET | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs ARI | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ PIT | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ PIT | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ PIT | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ PHI | @ TEX | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ PHI | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ PHI | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs SF | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs SF | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs SF | @ ARI | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs TEX | vs LAD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs TEX | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs TEX | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ STL | vs COL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ STL | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ STL | vs COL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ COL | @ HOU | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ COL | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ COL | @ HOU | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ COL | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ ATH | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ ATH | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ ATH | @ NYY | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs SEA | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs SEA | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs SEA | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs CLE | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs CLE | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs CLE | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ MIL | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ MIL | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ MIL | @ CHC | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ HOU | @ CLE | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ HOU | @ CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ HOU | @ CLE | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs SD | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs SD | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs SD | vs ATH | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs PHI | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs PHI | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs PHI | vs KC | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ NYM | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ NYM | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ NYM | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ NYM | @ SEA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ ATL | @ KC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ ATL | @ KC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ ATL | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs LAA | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs LAA | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs LAA | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs PIT | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs PIT | vs BAL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs PIT | vs PHI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CIN | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ CIN | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ CIN | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ PHI | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ PHI | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ PHI | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs WSH | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs WSH | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs WSH | @ SD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs BOS | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs BOS | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs BOS | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ WSH | vs CWS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ WSH | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ WSH | vs CWS | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ WSH | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ KC | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ KC | vs DET | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ KC | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs CHC | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs CHC | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs CHC | @ CWS | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs NYM | @ DET | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs NYM | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs NYM | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs LAD | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs LAD | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs LAD | vs CLE | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ ARI | vs NYY | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ ARI | vs NYY | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ ARI | vs NYY | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ SD | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ SD | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ SD | @ LAA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ CHC | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ CHC | @ SF | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ CHC | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs ATL | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs ATL | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs ATL | vs TEX | ||||
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | |||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ NYM | Christian Scott (1-0) | #90 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | |||
| Sun, May 31st | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ TEX | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ CLE | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs BAL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ LAA | |||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ SF | |||||
