Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Matt Strahm (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Matt Strahm RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 274	# 318
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Projections

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Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 263	# 250

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 271	# 413

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Matt Strahm RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	41

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.1	35.2

Wins	1	3

Losses	1	4

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	2	4

Holds	8	13

Hits Allowed	21	38

Earned Runs	10	28

Home Runs Allowed	1	12

Strikeouts	41	30

Walks	12	14

ERA	2.62	7.07

WHIP	0.96	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Matt Strahm RP - FA
2026 Projections


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Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Matt Strahm RP - FA
News
	Anthony Bender will undergo surgery to repair a right shin stress reaction. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 19th	Matt Strahm underwent successful surgery on his right knee. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th
	Anthony Bender discontinued throwing and will be re-evaluated. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th	The Royals released LHP Matt Strahm. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Anthony Bender did mound work in Florida. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd	The Royals designated LHP Matt Strahm for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Anthony Bender threw 24 pitches over one-plus inning in his first rehab appearance. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	Matt Strahm allowed the only batter he faced to hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st
	Anthony Bender is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Matt Strahm took the loss on Sunday, allowing five runs on four hits and a walk while striking out one against the Orioles. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA			Matt Strahm RP - FA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#283
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#72
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#245
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#140
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#197
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#181
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#191
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#104
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#80
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#114
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#65
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#158
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#153
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#170
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#52
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#133
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#126
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#193
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#117
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#68
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#175
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#24
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#134
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#37
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#84
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#212
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#125
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#13
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#95
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#83
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#216
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#198
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#194
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#147
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#122
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#44
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#169
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#253
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#87
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#65
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#205
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#111
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#174
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#68
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#36
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#13
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#57
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#197
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#150
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#65
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#230
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#190
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (2-4)
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#69
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#46
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (2-4)
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#84
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH	Will Dion (2-2)	#227
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#239
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#247
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#81
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (2-2)	#64
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#45
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#18
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#78
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#42
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#125
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#17
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#87
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#37
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#76
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL	Ray Kerr
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL	Brent Suter (3-2)
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#117

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Matt Strahm (2026)

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