Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Chris Murphy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 215	‐
VBR	# 415	# 721

Projections

Strikeouts	15	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.76	4.35
WHIP	1.40	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 210	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 270	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 318

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	27

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	1.0	27.2

Wins	0	3

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	0	25

Earned Runs	0	13

Home Runs Allowed	0	2

Strikeouts	1	27

Walks	1	14

ERA	0.00	4.23

WHIP	1.00	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.0	15.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	12	14

Earned Runs	6	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	15	15

Walks	7	8

ERA	3.76	4.35

WHIP	1.40	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
News
	The Angels activated RHP Ben Joyce from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The White Sox optioned Chris Murphy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The White Sox recalled LHP Chris Murphy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The White Sox activated LHP Chris Murphy from the 15-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	Angels right-hander Ben Joyce (shoulder) is having his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	Chris Murphy is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	Ben Joyce began a rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	White Sox reliever Chris Murphy has made the Opening Day roster. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA			Chris Murphy RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#309
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#309	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#37	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#100	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#37	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#172
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#178	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#279
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Mon, May 25th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, Jul 1st				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Chris Murphy (2026)

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