Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Jayden Murray (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 213	‐
VBR	# 435	# 973

Projections

Strikeouts	14	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.77	4.37
WHIP	1.42	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 210	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 270	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	10

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	16.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	25

Earned Runs	‐	17

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	14

Walks	‐	9

ERA	‐	9.37

WHIP	‐	2.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.4	4.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	12	4

Earned Runs	6	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	14	4

Walks	6	2

ERA	3.77	4.37

WHIP	1.42	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
News
	The Angels activated RHP Ben Joyce from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Cubs optioned RHP Jayden Murray to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Jayden Murray reported to join the Cubs on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Astros traded Jayden Murray to the Cubs for minor-league first baseman Cameron Sisneros. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Angels right-hander Ben Joyce (shoulder) is having his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Astros designated Jayden Murray for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Ben Joyce began a rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	The Astros recalled Jayden Murray from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA			Jayden Murray RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Jayden Murray (2026)

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