Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Zach Franklin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 246	‐
VBR	# 498	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	19	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.58	‐
WHIP	1.29	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 225	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 271	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Zach Franklin RP - CWS
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	Zach Franklin RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	18.7	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	16	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	3.58	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Zach Franklin RP - CWS
News
	Anthony Bender has resumed throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Anthony Bender remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Marlins placed Anthony Bender on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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
	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
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA			Zach Franklin RP - CWS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco	#213	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco	#213
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs COL
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Zach Franklin (2026)

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