Who Should I Trade?

Bennett Sousa for Chris Murphy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 451	# 676

Projections

Strikeouts	19	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.72	4.26
WHIP	1.26	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 318

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 130	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	27

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	8.1	27.2

Wins	0	3

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	6	25

Earned Runs	3	13

Home Runs Allowed	0	2

Strikeouts	8	27

Walks	7	14

ERA	3.24	4.23

WHIP	1.56	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.4	17.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	3

Hits Allowed	15	16

Earned Runs	7	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	19	16

Walks	7	8

ERA	3.72	4.26

WHIP	1.26	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
News
	The Astros activated Bennett Sousa from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The White Sox optioned Chris Murphy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Bennett Sousa is scheduled to make a rehab appearance on Sunday for Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The White Sox recalled LHP Chris Murphy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	The Astros transferred LHP Bennett Sousa to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	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
	Bennett Sousa is continuing to advance in his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Chris Murphy is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	Bennett Sousa began a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	White Sox reliever Chris Murphy has made the Opening Day roster. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU			Chris Murphy RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 29th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 9th				vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE

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Bennett Sousa for Chris Murphy (2026)

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