Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Julian Merryweather (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 264	‐
VBR	# 507	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.60	‐
WHIP	1.29	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 245	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 271	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	34.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	8	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	2.62	‐

WHIP	0.96	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	13.3	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	11	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	3.60	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
News
	Anthony Bender has been throwing out to 75 feet in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Julian Merryweather is starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Anthony Bender has resumed throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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 remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	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 Marlins placed Anthony Bender on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Minnesota Twins signed Julian Merryweather to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA			Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#301	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
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 (6-7)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Julian Merryweather (2026)

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