Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Ryan Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 263	# 354
VBR	# 825	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	3	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.90	‐
WHIP	1.31	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 254	# 327

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 271	# 382

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	46

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.1	40.2

Wins	1	4

Losses	1	2

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	8	7

Hits Allowed	21	50

Earned Runs	10	19

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	41	29

Walks	12	13

ERA	2.62	4.20

WHIP	0.96	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	2.6	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	3.90	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
News
	Anthony Bender did mound work in Florida. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd	The Diamondbacks transferred RHP Ryan Thompson to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Anthony Bender threw 24 pitches over one-plus inning in his first rehab appearance. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	The Diamondbacks placed Ryan Thompson on the 15-day injured list with a strained lower back. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Anthony Bender is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Ryan Thompson and the Arizona Diamondbacks have come to an agreement on a $3.95 million salary for the 2026 season, avoiding arbitration. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th
	Anthony Bender threw off the mound on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	Anthony Bender threw a touch and feel bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA			Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#420
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#264
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#302	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#102	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#306	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#162
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#223	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#368	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#238
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#65	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#236	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#232	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#415
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#420
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#162	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#368	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#389
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#310
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#124	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#411	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#406	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#185
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#139	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#372
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#66	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#121	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#171	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#352	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#196	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#163	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#163	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#160
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#360
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#118	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#155
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#202	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#148
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (1-1)	#120	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#177
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#97
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes	#87	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#102
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Ryan Thompson (2026)

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