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Marlins Moves: Zastryzny, Bender

By Connor Byrne | May 4, 2021 at 9:53pm CDT

The Marlins purchased the contract of left-hander Rob Zastryzny from the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League on Tuesday. The Ducks announced the move, adding that Zastryzny will report to the Marlins’ extended spring training site. The Marlins also selected the contract of righty Anthony Bender, as Craig Mish of SportsGrid first reported.

The 29-year-old Zastryzny joined the Ducks back in March, but he exited before ever throwing a pitch for the team. Prior to signing with the Ducks, the former second-round pick (2013) appeared in the bigs from 2016-18 with the Cubs, who drafted him. He also had stints with the Dodgers and Orioles, though he didn’t make it to the majors with either of those organizations.

During his time in Chicago, the soft-tossing Zastryzny logged 34 2/3 innings and posted a 4.41 ERA with a 51.5 percent groundball rate, a 20.1 percent strikeout rate and a 10.4 percent walk rate. Zastryzny was tough on lefties as a Cub, holding them to a pitiful .154/.313/.154 line, but righties teed off on him for a .330/.387/.468 mark. In his most recent professional action, the 2019 campaign, Zastryzny racked up 113 frames between the Dodgers’ Double-A and Triple-A affiliates. He managed a 5.58 ERA with 104 strikeouts against 38 walks that year.

As for the 26-year-old Bender, he saw action in the minors with the Royals and Brewers from 2016-19. While Bender notched a rock-solid 3.30 ERA in that 239 2/3-inning stretch, he only threw 5 2/3 frames above the High-A level. Bender spent last season with the Milwaukee Milkmen of the American Association, and then Miami took a flyer on him on a minors contract over the winter.

After joining the Marlins, Bender held his own in spring training with 8 1/3 scoreless innings, flashing a 97 mph sinker and a high-spin slider, as Ely Sussman of Fish Stripes points out. Thanks to Bender’s intriguing repertoire, FanGraphs’ Eric Longenhagen ranks him as the Marlins’ 32nd-best prospect and writes that he could turn into one of their regular middle relievers as early as this season.

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17 Comments

  1. DarkSide830

    4 years ago

    Marlins dont have Beckham, but still want to bend it.

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    • paddyo furnichuh

      4 years ago

      Along with a guy that you’d think was a hockey player

      Reply
  2. GONEcarlo

    4 years ago

    #BenderMania

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    • jigokusabre0

      4 years ago

      Sounds like fun on a bun!

      Reply
  3. GONEcarlo

    4 years ago

    Excited to see what Bender can do in the bigs. If he’s half as dominant as he looked this spring, he’ll be a very solid MLB reliever.

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  4. Tom1968

    4 years ago

    33 points in scrabble with his last name

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    • jigokusabre0

      4 years ago

      Filling the gap left by Marc Rzepczynski.

      Reply
  5. stretch123

    4 years ago

    Bender is gonna be a solid relief guy I think. He looked great in spring.

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  6. Mrtwotone

    4 years ago

    “I’m 40% relief pitcher.”

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  7. jyosuckas

    4 years ago

    Saw the name Bender and got excited that Charles “Chief” Bender rose from the dead to throw his nasty curve, was left disappointed

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    • DarkSide830

      4 years ago

      Connie Mack’s moat trusted arm!

      Reply
  8. dopt

    4 years ago

    Soft tossing doesn’t sound promising

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    • Tom1968

      4 years ago

      They have pills for that now

      Reply
  9. MarlinsFanBase

    4 years ago

    Let’s see if Bender is part of the Marlins Futurama.

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  10. GONEcarlo

    4 years ago

    Anthony Bender will be closing by the end of the year. You heard it here first.

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    • MarlinsFanBase

      4 years ago

      Everyone will be closing by the end of the year. I think we may be too.

      it could be worse though. At least we no longer have to see the disaster duo of Renyel Pinto and Kevin Gregg…two names that will always live in Marlins nightmares forever.

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  11. UKPhil

    4 years ago

    I saw Bender’s debut last night. Boy was he amped up. That fastball!!! 98mph with indecent movement. I was smiling as much as he was after the inning. He’ll be in high leverage situations very soon if he settles down okay.

    Great night for the bullpen. Pop is maturing before our eyes. I was very impressed by how Holloway stuck with it on a night his control was off

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