2025 Stats
W-L
2-5
ERA
1.91
WHIP
0.97
K
33
SV
3
Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Bender fully recovered from his late 2022 Tommy John surgery but never ascended into the closer role that he 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 ground balls while allowing 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 percent of the time. Bender lacks a usable weapon against lefties so he 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 not 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
Signed a one-year, $1.42 million contract with the Marlins in January of 2025.
Collects third save
Bender struck out one in a perfect ninth inning Saturday to record his third save of the season in a 3-1 win over the Royals.
Analysis
Marlins manager Clayton McCullough continues to mix and match his high-leverage options, as none of them have really stepped up to seize the closing job. Calvin Faucher blew a save chance in the ninth inning Friday, while Ronny Henriquez worked the eighth inning both Friday and Saturday, leaving the ninth to Bender in the latter contest. Two of Bender's saves on the season have come since July 7, and he's riding an 11-appearance shutout streak in which he's posted a 0.62 WHIP and 10:4 K:BB over 11.1 innings with two wins and five holds. That impressive stretch could earn him more save chances, but it could also make him a prime candidate to get moved at the trade deadline.
Marlins manager Clayton McCullough continues to mix and match his high-leverage options, as none of them have really stepped up to seize the closing job. Calvin Faucher blew a save chance in the ninth inning Friday, while Ronny Henriquez worked the eighth inning both Friday and Saturday, leaving the ninth to Bender in the latter contest. Two of Bender's saves on the season have come since July 7, and he's riding an 11-appearance shutout streak in which he's posted a 0.62 WHIP and 10:4 K:BB over 11.1 innings with two wins and five holds. That impressive stretch could earn him more save chances, but it could also make him a prime candidate to get moved at the trade deadline.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
15
Last 10 Games
14
Last 5 Games
17
How many pitches does Anthony Bender generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
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 2023
-30%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-25%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .258 | 28 | 17 | 34 | 4 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .181 | 64 | 18 | 40 | 2 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .190 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 2 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .143 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 1 | |||
| 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 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-41%
ERA on Road
2025
-19%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 3.91 | 1.22 | 48.1 | 9.1 | 3.0 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 2.30 | 1.06 | 47.0 | 8.2 | 3.6 | ||||
| 2025Home | 1.71 | 1.00 | 21.0 | 6.9 | 3.4 | ||||
| 2025Away | 2.11 | 0.94 | 21.1 | 7.2 | 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 | ||||
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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
1.94K/9
7.0BB/9
3.6HR/9
0.6Fastball
96.6 mphERA
1.91WHIP
0.97BABIP
.196GB/FB
1.45Left On Base
84.2%Exit Velocity
84.0 mphBarrels/BBE
4.5%Spin Rate
2538 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
32.6%Swinging Strike
7.2%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
2022
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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Converts one-out save
Bender recorded one out to pick up the save in Monday's 5-1 win at Cincinnati.
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June struggles continue
Bender (1-5) took the loss Thursday against the Phillies, giving up one run on one hit in two-thirds of an inning.
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Notches eighth hold
Bender worked a scoreless seventh inning without a walk or a strikeout to record his eighth hold of the season in Tuesday's win over the Pirates.
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Falters in high-leverage spot
Bender (1-2) took the loss Sunday against the A's, giving up a run on two hits in an inning of relief. He struck out two.
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Collects second hold
Bender gave up a hit in a scoreless eighth inning to record his second hold of the season in Tuesday's win over the Reds.
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Candidate for deadline move
The Marlins could listen to offers for Bender before the summer trade deadline, Jim Bowden of The Athletic speculates.
Analysis
Bender is one of several Miami relievers who could generate interest before the deadline. The right-hander owns a career-best 2.05 ERA with a 1.06 WHIP across 26.1 innings this season.
Bender is one of several Miami relievers who could generate interest before the deadline. The right-hander owns a career-best 2.05 ERA with a 1.06 WHIP across 26.1 innings this season.