2024 Stats
W-L
5-2
ERA
4.08
WHIP
1.28
K
59
SV
1
2025 Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Bender was fully recovered from his late 2022 Tommy John surgery, but never ascended into the closer role that was beginning to embrace before his injury. Bender saved just one game but won five others out of the pen and resumed his effective approach of getting strikeouts and groundballs while alloing three homers in 53 innings of work. The primary reason the closer role has evaded him is that Bender has some extreme splits. His sinker/sweeper approach to righties limited them to a .251 wOBA last season, but lefties were much higher at .375 reaching base nearly 40% of the time. Bender lacks a usable weapon against lefties so must rely on batted ball luck and location to find success against lefties, and neither of those happened often enough for him to find that success in 2024. His sinker/sweeper approach does nt exactly lend itself to a new third pitch unless he were to add a cutter and lean on that against lefties. Until a new pitch shows up, Bender is unlikely to climb the leverage ladder in Miami with any success. Read Past Outlooks
Earns first save
Bender issued one walk over 1.1 scoreless innings Sunday, striking out two and earning a save against the Blue Jays.
ANALYSIS
Bender threw just 13 of 25 pitches for strikes but still closed out the 3-1 win without much trouble. It was his first outing of more than one inning pitched since July 26. Bender finishes his 2024 season at 5-2 with a 4.08 ERA, one save, 15 holds and a 59:18 K:BB through 53 frames.
Bender threw just 13 of 25 pitches for strikes but still closed out the 3-1 win without much trouble. It was his first outing of more than one inning pitched since July 26. Bender finishes his 2024 season at 5-2 with a 4.08 ERA, one save, 15 holds and a 59:18 K:BB through 53 frames.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
16
Last 10 Games
18
Last 5 Games
16
How many pitches does Anthony Bender generally throw?
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What part of the game does Anthony Bender generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-38%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-33%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .324 | 19 | 11 | 33 | 3 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .200 | 57 | 15 | 34 | 3 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .311 | 15 | 9 | 23 | 2 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .208 | 44 | 9 | 27 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .357 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .175 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-58%
ERA on Road
2024
-56%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 5.40 | 1.47 | 36.2 | 11.0 | 2.7 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 2.27 | 1.09 | 35.2 | 7.8 | 3.8 | ||||
| 2024Home | 5.60 | 1.39 | 27.1 | 10.9 | 2.6 | ||||
| 2024Away | 2.45 | 1.17 | 25.2 | 9.1 | 3.5 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022Home | 4.82 | 1.71 | 9.1 | 11.6 | 2.9 | ||||
| 2022Away | 1.80 | 0.90 | 10.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Anthony Bender compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
3.28K/9
10.0BB/9
3.1HR/9
0.5Fastball
95.4 mphERA
4.08WHIP
1.28BABIP
.342GB/FB
2.03Left On Base
67.4%Exit Velocity
80.0 mphBarrels/BBE
3.1%Spin Rate
2436 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
23.4%Swinging Strike
8.8%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Bender was sidelined for the full 2023 campaign after undergoing Tommy John surgery in August 2022. He was back on the mound last July and progressed to live batting practice sessions a few months later, so he figures to be fully healthy for spring training. Bender handled closing duties for the Marlins as recently as 2022, so he could re-emerge in high leverage if health permits this season. The 28-year-old is likely behind several others in Miami's bullpen for save chances, though, and the first hurdle he needs to clear is proving he's healthy.
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Reinstated from IL
The Marlins reinstated Bender (shoulder) from the 15-day injured list Saturday.
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Makes first rehab appearance
Bender (shoulder) struck out two batters and gave up one earned run on three hits and no walks over one inning in a rehab appearance Saturday with Triple-A Jacksonville.
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Starts playing catch
Bender (shoulder) played catch Friday, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.
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Placed on 15-day IL
The Marlins placed Bender on the 15-day injured list Thursday with a right shoulder impingement.
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Nabs fourth win Friday
Bender (4-2) was credited with the win Friday after giving up one run on one hit in two-thirds of an inning.
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