Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Zach Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 274	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	‐
Wins	‐	‐
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ERA	‐	‐
WHIP	‐	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 263	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 271	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Bender RP - MIA	Zach Thompson RP - FA
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 Thompson RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

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	Zach Thompson RP - FA
News
	Anthony Bender will undergo surgery to repair a right shin stress reaction. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 19th
	Anthony Bender discontinued throwing and will be re-evaluated. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th
	Anthony Bender did mound work in Florida. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd
	Anthony Bender threw 24 pitches over one-plus inning in his first rehab appearance. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	Anthony Bender is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
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			Zach Thompson RP - FA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#274
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#362
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#321
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#152
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#348
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#144
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#335
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#218
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#158
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)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#217
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#107
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#160
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#84
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#12
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#49
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#102
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#118
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#193
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#77
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)	#294
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#36
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#90
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#59
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#34
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#72
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-3)	#143
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#177
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#134
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#40
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#53
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)	#294
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#194
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#215
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#188
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#131
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#84
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)	#172
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#217
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#151
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#306
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#254
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#274
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#114
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#166
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#17
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#234
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#136
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#178
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#272
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#53
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-5)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#158
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#177
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#263
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#103
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#109
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#41
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#335
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#121
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#5
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#49
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#119
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#250
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#39
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#45
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#42
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#250
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#36
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#149
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#171
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#329
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#101
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#58
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#26
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#163
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#85
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (2-2)	#155
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#80
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#28
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#12
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#165
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#51
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#64
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#141
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#31
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#69
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#272
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#26
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#158
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#177
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-3)	#143

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Bender for Zach Thompson (2026)

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