Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Jayden Murray (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 175	‐
VBR	# 485	# 947

Projections

Strikeouts	23	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.81	4.19
WHIP	1.30	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 196	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 194	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 202	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 208	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.0	16.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	42	25

Earned Runs	16	17

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	34	14

Walks	16	9

ERA	3.27	9.37

WHIP	1.32	2.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.2	8.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	22	8

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	23	8

Walks	8	4

ERA	3.81	4.19

WHIP	1.30	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
News
	Bryan King is expected to step into the set-up role in the Astros bullpen with the return of Josh Hader. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	The Cubs optioned RHP Jayden Murray to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Bryan King allowed one hit while striking out one over one scoreless inning to earn the save in a 3-0 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, May 23rd	Jayden Murray reported to join the Cubs on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Bryan King tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the save in Friday's 4-2 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, May 23rd	The Astros traded Jayden Murray to the Cubs for minor-league first baseman Cameron Sisneros. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Bryan King struck out one batter while tossing 1 2/3 scoreless frames to earn the save in Friday's 2-0 win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sat, May 16th	The Astros designated Jayden Murray for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Bryan King struck out two batters while allowing one earned run on three hits and no walks over two innings to earn the save in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, May 6th	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
	Bryan King RP - HOU			Jayden Murray RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#343	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#105	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Jayden Murray (2026)

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