Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Louis Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 26	# 263
VBR	# 214	# 708

Projections

Strikeouts	11	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	5	0
ERA	3.37	3.39
WHIP	1.22	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 30	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	# 254

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	# 271

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	35

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	67.2	34.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	30	2

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	5	8

Hits Allowed	50	21

Earned Runs	10	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	83	41

Walks	18	12

ERA	1.33	2.62

WHIP	1.00	0.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.5	4.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	4

Earned Runs	4	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	11	4

Walks	3	1

ERA	3.37	3.39

WHIP	1.22	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
News
	Louis Varland struck out two batters while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	Anthony Bender threw 24 pitches over one-plus inning in his first rehab appearance. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	Louis Varland struck out three batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Anthony Bender is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Blue Jays closer Louis Varland allowed one hit and one walk with two strikeouts while earning the save in a 3-2 win over the Nationals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	Anthony Bender threw off the mound on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	Blue Jays right-hander Louis Varland pitched a cleaning ninth inning with two strikeouts while earning the save in a 3-1 win over the Rays on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Anthony Bender threw a touch and feel bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Louis Varland struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Saturday's 1-0 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Anthony Bender has been throwing out to 75 feet in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Anthony Bender RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#305	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#198
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Louis Varland (2026)

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