Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 119	# 246
VBR	# 356	# 520

Projections

Strikeouts	36	16
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.06	3.63
WHIP	1.28	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 141	# 228

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	# 271

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	35

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	60.0	34.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	38	21

Earned Runs	13	10

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	55	41

Walks	19	12

ERA	1.95	2.62

WHIP	0.95	0.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	18

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	40.3	15.9

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	37	14

Earned Runs	18	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	36	16

Walks	13	6

ERA	4.06	3.63

WHIP	1.28	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
News
	Tigers right-hander Troy Melton pitched five innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits and four walks and didn't factor into the decision in an eventual 4-3 win over the Royals on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Anthony Bender has resumed throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Troy Melton allowed one earned run on four hits and four walks while striking out nine over 5 2/3 innings in Friday's win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Anthony Bender remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Tigers right-hander Troy Melton allowed just one unearned run on four hits and one walk across 5 1/3 innings, earning the win over the Athletics on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	The Marlins placed Anthony Bender on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Troy Melton allowed two hits and one walk while striking out seven over 6 1/3 scoreless innings in Wednesday's win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	Troy Melton allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out six over six innings in Thursday’s loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Fri, Jun 26th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET			Anthony Bender RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sun, Mar 29th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#216	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Sat, May 23rd				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Mon, May 25th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jun 14th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#136	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-0)	#411	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Troy Melton (2026)

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